RAF Worthy Down
RAF Worthy Down was a Royal Air Force station built in 1918, 3.5 miles (6 km) north of Winchester, Hampshire, England. After it was transferred to Royal Navy control in 1939 as RNAS Worthy Down (HMS Kestrel), the airfield remained in use throughout the Second World War and then housed an engineering school from 1952. The airfield was in use until 1960. The site is now Worthy Down Camp.
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RAF Worthy Down
RAF Worthy Down was a Royal Air Force station built in 1918, 3.5 miles (6 km) north of Winchester, Hampshire, England. After it was transferred to Royal Navy control in 1939 as RNAS Worthy Down (HMS Kestrel), the airfield remained in use throughout the Second World War and then housed an engineering school from 1952. The airfield was in use until 1960. The site is now Worthy Down Camp.
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Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a ...... K: Airlife Publishing, 2001. .
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Lake, A Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1999. .
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