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RAF Madley
RAF Madley in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
RAF Madley is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Royal Air Force Madley or more simply RAF Madley is a former Royal Air Force station situated 6.2 miles (10 km) south west of Hereford in Herefordshire, England. The station was in use during the Second World War as a training base and was located between the villages of Kingstone and Madley.
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Background
History
The site opened as a training centre for aircrew and ground wireless operators on 27 August 1941. In 1941, No. 4 Signals School RAF was stated up at the base. The school was disbanded and renamed as No. 4 Radio School RAF in January 1943. In 1943, the grass airfield was reinforced with Sommerfeld Tracking and the centre's population rose to about 5,000. Also in 1943, RAF Madley became a base for one of ten Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Teams (MRT) that had been set up to rescue lost aircrew. The site was visited in 1944 prior to D-Day by US General George S. Patton, and later by Rudolf Hess (who had been held prisoner near Abergavenny) on his way to the Nuremberg Trials in 1946. The…
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- Coordinates
- 52.0319, -2.8489
- Established
- 1941
Sources
- wikidata: Q7275458 (CC0)
- wikipedia: RAF Madley (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is RAF Madley?
- RAF Madley is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was RAF Madley built?
- Built or established in 1941.
- Who owns RAF Madley?
- RAF Madley is owned by Royal Air Force.