Dates: 1918 - 1960
Yatesbury is a village adjacent to Cherhill on the A4 road between Calne and Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. RAF Yatesbury is a former Royal Air Force airfield well known to many airmen who served in the second world war. The airfield was first established in the first world war and was developed into a permanent camp in the interwar years especially from 1936 onwards before finally closing in the 1960s. Before closure the camp was home to the Radar and Wireless training school which transferred to Locking .The aircraft hangars and air strip, although now farmland, can still be seen from the A4. Yatesbury today has a population of approximately 150 people
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving RAF Yatesbury
" The "wee poems" remind me of being transported from RAF Yatesbury in Wilts to Edinburgh for a course at Ferranti. Arriving on Sunday, having found accommodations but thirsty after the delights of British Rail (as it was) my fellow sassenachs and I set off to scout the countryside. Despite ..."
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" SOme years back I spent a year working in Jordan - the Palestinians were living in "refugee camps" that, apart from the garbage that marks certain races such as French and Arabs, seemed to be better than the huts I lived in at RAF Yatesbury in the early 60s. As was mentioned, we had to maintain ..."
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" Quoting: vicky codling nee bassett It is diabolical that they are being able to sell their stories. Whatever happened to the official secrets act? I see that Faye Turney has sold her story to ITV and she will be on TV tomorrow night being interviewed by Trevor Macdonald. This government has ..."
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" Quoting: Ian Hatch Let’s see how long this post of mine lasts! Is it the government or Mrs Turney with whom you have a gripe Vicky? How many former service personnel have used their experiences for profit? I know I owe my career to the training I received at RAF Yatesbury (technical) and ..."
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" Quoting: Ian Hatch Let’s see how long this post of mine lasts! Is it the government or Mrs Turney with whom you have a gripe Vicky? How many former service personnel have used their experiences for profit? I know I owe my career to the training I received at RAF Yatesbury (technical) and ..."
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