RAF Church Lawford
RAF Church Lawford
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A Airspeed AS.10 Oxford similar to the ones that flew from the airfield
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | RAF | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Church Lawford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 374 ft / 116 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°21′5″N 001°20′31″W / 52.35139°N 1.34194°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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 RAF Church Lawford
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RAF Church Lawford is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.5 mi (2.4 km) south of Church Lawford, Warwickshire, England, 3.0 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Rugby, Warwickshire.
The airfield opened in April 1941 and was used by the RAF for pilot training until it closed in 1955.
A number of Beam Approach units flew from the airfield like when No. 1509 Beam Approach Training Flight (BAT Flt) arrived flying Airspeed Oxfords from 6 June 1942 and No. 1533 Beam Approach Training Flight (BAT Flt) which again flew Oxfords from 27 October 1942 until April 1945.
The first unit to use the airfield was No. 2 Central Flying School flying Oxfords and Avro Tutors from 15 June 1941 until 13 January 1942 when it was renamed No. 1 Flying Instructors School (FIS) flying Oxfords and Tutors carried on until October 1942. The unit was again renamed to No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF ((P)AFU) flying Oxfords and Boulton Paul Defiants on 27 October 1942 and operated until April 1945. Again the name was changed to No. 20 Flying Training School RAF (FTS) flying Harvards from 3 April 1945 using RAF Snitterfield as a relief landing ground (RLG) until March 1948.
A further two flying schools used the airfield after the end of the Second World War. The first was No. 20 Service Flying Training School RAF flying Harvards using RAF Snitterfield as a RLG until 1947, which like the wartime units at the airfield was renamed No. 2 Flying Training School RAF starting on 23 July 1947 and operating until 6 April 1948.
A small number of other units was present at RAF Church Lawford during its lifetime such as No. 68 Maintenance Unit RAF which operated from 1 December 1954 until 27 March 1955 and as a sub-site of No. 68 Maintenance Unit between 27 March 1955 and 30 November 1956.
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