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| RN Air Station Moreton Valence |
Dates: 1939 - 1962 County: Gloucestershire Location: 6 miles SE of Gloucester 1939 to 1941: Opened as RAF Haresfield landing ground with Avro Ansons from the No. 6 Air Observers Navigation School at Staverton. Airfield then closed while it was rebuilt and upgraded. 1941 to 1944 : Reopened as RAF Moreton Valence and part of 6 AONS moved here, renamed No. 6 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit 6/43. 1943 to 1962: Gloster flight test factory opened, test flying Meteors (and a Bell Airacomet in 1943) and post-war, Javelins. 1944 to 1945 : No. 3 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit with Oxfords.
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RN Air Station Moreton Valence
1939 - 1962
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