RAF Ramsbury
| RAF Ramsbury USAAF Station AAF-469  .png) 
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| Located near Marlborough, Wiltshire, United Kingdom | |
Ramsbury airfield photographed in May 1944 with west oriented upwards. Taken about a month before D-Day with the airfield full of C-47s and Horsa gliders of the 437th Troop Carrier Group.
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| Coordinates | 51°25′49″N 1°37′11″W / 51.4302°N 1.6198°W |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Code | RY |
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| Owner | Air Ministry |
| Controlled by |
 Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1941 |
| In use | 1942-1945 |
| Battles/wars |
European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison |
Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force RAF Transport Command RAF Flying Training Command |
| Occupants | 64th Troop Carrier Group 434th/435th Troop Carrier Groups 437th Troop Carrier Group No. 23 Group RAF |
Royal Air Force Station Ramsbury or more simply RAF Ramsbury is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8.0 km) east-northeast of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.
Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used primarily as a transport airfield. After the war it was closed in 1946. Today the remains of the airfield are on private land being used as agricultural fields.
Ramsbury was known as USAAF Station AAF-469 for security reasons by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the war, to avoid naming its location. Its USAAF Station Code was "RY".
The airfield was fairly complete when the first operational users arrived. The USAAF Twelfth Air Force 64th Troop Carrier Group, equipped with Douglas C-47s and C-53s, arrived from Westover Army Airfield, Massachusetts on 18 August 1942. Operational squadrons of the group were:
The unit was temporarily assigned to the VIII Air Support Command for training at Ramsbury, and conducted an extensive training program while flying cargo, passengers, and courier missions for several months, before leaving with paratroopers for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa on 9 November 1942, being deployed to Blida Airfield, Algeria.
From November 1943 to January 1944, the airfield was used by the air echelons of the 434th and 435th Troop Carrier Groups from RAF Fulbeck and RAF Langar with C-47s and C-53s. The groups conducted exercises with the 101st Airborne Division.
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