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Chetwynd Airfield | airport, RAF - Royal Air Force

United Kingdom / England / Market Drayton /
 airport, RAF - Royal Air Force
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This is an airfield used by the RAF to train helicopter pilots. It also plays host to occasional Hercules aircraft, but none have landed here since the embarrassing incident when one got stuck in the mud here a few years ago.
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Coordinates:   52°48'44"N   2°24'25"W

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  • Geoff Banwell (guest)
    States near Salford or Manchester or Birmingham It's no where near any of them..Stoke on Trent,Shrewsbury ,Lichfield,Stafford much nearer.
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