RAF Rhoose

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RAF Rhoose
Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales
RAF Rhoose Shown within the Vale of Glamorgan
Coordinates	51°23′48″N 003°20′36″W / 51.39667°N 3.34333°W / 51.39667; -3.34333Coordinates: 51°23′48″N 003°20′36″W / 51.39667°N 3.34333°W / 51.39667; -3.34333
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)
In use	1942-1946 (1946)
Airfield information
Elevation	67 metres (220 ft) AMSL

Royal Air Force Rhoose or more simply RAF Rhoose is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) satellite airfield located near Rhoose, a few miles west of Cardiff, Wales.

History[]

It opened on 7 April 1942 as an RAF training base for Supermarine Spitfire pilots.

No. 53 Operational Training Unit Llandow was the parent station, and Rhoose was a satellite landing ground.

Other units included:^[1]

• No. 59 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 65 Gliding School RAF

See also[]

• Cardiff Airport, which now occupies the site
• MOD St Athan, a separate but close-by RAF station

References[]

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