Netheravon Airfield
| Netheravon Airfield | |
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| Netheravon, Wiltshire Near Amesbury, Wiltshire in England |
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"Concentration Camp" at RFC Netheravon, June 1914
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| Coordinates | 51°14′43.27″N 1°45′31.64″W / 51.2453528°N 1.7587889°W |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Controlled by | Army Air Corps |
| Open to the public |
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1912 |
| In use | 1912 - present |
| Airfield information | |
| Identifiers | ICAO: EGDN |
Coordinates: 51°14′42″N 1°45′47″W / 51.245°N 1.763°W Netheravon Airfield is a grass strip airfield on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, England. Established in 1913 by the Royal Flying Corps, it became RAF Netheravon from 1918 until 1963, then AAC Netheravon (Army Air Corps) until 2012. Buildings from 1913 and 1914 survive on part of the site.
The airfield lies on Salisbury Plain, mostly in Fittleton parish, extending south into Figheldean. It is close to Netheravon village and about 5 miles (8 km) north of the town of Amesbury.
Its buildings are on two sites. Technical buildings, including as the control tower and hangars, are immediately southwest of the runways. About 1 mile (2 km) further southwest, towards Netheravon, is Airfield Camp (also known as Lower Camp) which has offices, a training school (the Airmen's Institute), an Officers' Mess and barracks.
The Ministry of Defence land which surrounds the site is part of the Salisbury Plain Training Area.
Much farmland in the area was bought by the War Office around 1898 for military training. Along with nearby Upavon and Larkhill, the airfield was part of the formative phase of military flying. The Royal Flying Corps was established in April 1912; in May its Central Flying School was formed at Upavon, and its Military Wing was formed from the Air Battalion, which flew aircraft at Larkhill.
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