Netheravon Airfield is a Ministry of Defence grass strip airfield on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, England. Established in 1913 by the Royal Flying Corps...
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commissioned as The Woman Who Fell To Earth) Malfunction (parachuting) Netheravon Airfield Death of Stephen Hilder, in a parachute incident in 2003 Parachute...
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of modern weapons. The Officers' Mess was established at Netheravon House. Netheravon Airfield is outside the parish, on the other bank of the Avon in...
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List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies (redirect from List of UK Airfields)
March 2013. "The Army Parachute Association". netheravon.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016. Oaksey Park Airfield Archived 1 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine...
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town of Opglabbeek when both her parachutes failed. In May 2015, at Netheravon Airfield, Hilder's regular dropzone, army Sgt. Emile Cilliers was arrested...
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Fittleton cum Haxton (section Airfield)
Netheravon Airfield was created for the Royal Flying Corps in 1913 from farmland in the southwest of the parish, and in 1918 became RAF Netheravon, an...
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Heath Sha Tin Airfield, Hong Kong (1950s–1970s) – formerly RAF Shatin AAC Netheravon, Wiltshire (1964–2012) – formerly RAF Netheravon, now used by the...
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Transport in Swindon (section Local airfields)
Fairford – 10 miles north RAF Brize Norton – 16 miles northeast Netheravon Airfield (EGDN) – grass strip – Army Upavon (X2UA) – grass strip – formerly...
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Figheldean (section Airfield)
a thatched roof. Netheravon Airfield is largely in Fittleton parish but extends southwards into Figheldean. A grass strip airfield was created for the...
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disbanded on 1 April 1946. Glider Pilot Exercise Unit GPEU was formed at Netheravon Airfield on 12 August 1942 by redesignating No. 296B Squadron, it operated...
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