RAF Ternhill
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RAF Ternhill RFC Ternhill  
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Airfield at RAF Ternhill
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Royal Flying Corps |
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| Location | Ternhill, Shropshire | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||
| In use | 1916-1920 1937-present |
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| Elevation AMSL | 272 ft / 83 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°52′16″N 002°32′01″W / 52.87111°N 2.53361°WCoordinates: 52°52′16″N 002°32′01″W / 52.87111°N 2.53361°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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RAF Ternhill (ICAO: EGOE) is a Royal Air Force station at Ternhill in Shropshire, England, near the towns of Newport and Market Drayton.
The station, home of 632 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, was a helicopter base but is now principally used as an outpost for the tri-service helicopter training establishment at RAF Shawbury. Training flights use the airfield (as do gliders at the weekends) but many of the buildings and some local Ministry of Defence housing (much of which was sold off) are now part of the army base known as Clive Barracks (after Robert Clive).
The airfield was first opened in 1916 and was initially operated by the Royal Flying Corps before being taken over by its successor the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 1 April 1918.
The first squadron posted to RFC Ternhill was 95 Squadron RFC from 8 October 1917 with various aircraft being moving to Shotwick on 30 October 1917.
The next three squadron all arrived on 1 March 1918 and used various aircraft the squadrons were then transferred from the RFC to the RAF on 1 April 1918.
On 1 April 1918 No. 13 Training Depot Station was posted to Ternhill staying until March 1919.
The last two squadrons which were posted here had a status of cadre:
The land was sold off in 1922 for use as a race horse stable.
In 1935 the land was again requisitioned and the airfield was re-built and three Type 'C' hangars were erected on the main airfield. The first based flying unit was No.10 Flying Training School which formed on 1 January 1936 and remained until it was transferred to Canada in late 1940. A site for a Maintenance Unit was created on the south-east side of the airfield and this opened on 1 June 1937 for use by No.4 Aircraft Storage Unit, later renamed No.24 Maintenance Unit.
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