RAF Meir

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RAF Meir
Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in England
RAF Meir is located in Staffordshire
RAF Meir
RAF Meir
Shown within Staffordshire
Coordinates52°58′13″N 2°05′45″W / 52.97028°N 2.09583°W / 52.97028; -2.09583Coordinates: 52°58′13″N 2°05′45″W / 52.97028°N 2.09583°W / 52.97028; -2.09583
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Flying Training Command
Site history
Built1920 (1920)
In use1920-1973 (1973)
Battles/warsSecond World War

Royal Air Force Meir or more simply RAF Meir is a former Royal Air Force station located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

The following units were here at some point:[1]

  • No. 1 Practice Flying Unit was formed here on 4 March 1940 and operated Hawker Hectors and Hawker Hinds until it was disbanded on 16 June 1940[2]
  • No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 28 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 45 Gliding School RAF
  • No. 632 Gliding School RAF

References[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ "Meir (Blythe Bridge) (Longton) (Stoke-on-Trent)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ Lake 1999, p. 158.

Bibliography[]

  • Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
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