RAF Rhoose
Encyclopedia
RAF Rhoose was a World War II
Royal Air Force
airfield, opened 7 April 1942 as an RAF training base for Supermarine Spitfire
pilots.
No 53 Operational Training Unit Llandow
was the parent station, and Rhoose was a satellite landing ground.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
airfield, opened 7 April 1942 as an RAF training base for Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s...
pilots.
No 53 Operational Training Unit Llandow
RAF Llandow
RAF Llandow was a Royal Air Force airfield situated near the village of Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, 15 miles west of Cardiff. It opened in 1940 and closed in 1957....
was the parent station, and Rhoose was a satellite landing ground.
See also
- Cardiff International AirportCardiff International AirportCardiff Airport is an international airport serving Cardiff, and the rest of South, Mid and West Wales. Around 1.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2010....
, which now occupies the site - RAF St. Athan, a separate but close-by RAF station