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RAF Meir 
Summary
Royal Air Force Meir or more simply RAF Meir is a former Royal Air Force station located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
RAF Meir | |
|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in England | |
  RAF Meir Shown within Staffordshire | |
| Coordinates | 52°58′13″N 2°05′45″W / 52.97028°N 2.09583°W |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Air Ministry |
| Operator | Royal Air Force |
| Controlled by | RAF Flying Training Command |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1920 |
| In use | 1920-1973 |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
The following units were here at some point:[1]
- No. 1 Practice Flying Unit was formed here on 4 March 1940 and operated Hawker Hectors and Hawker Hinds until it was disbanded on 16 June 1940[2]
- No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
- No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
- No. 28 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
- No. 45 Gliding School RAF
- No. 632 Gliding School RAF
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ "Meir (Blythe Bridge) (Longton) (Stoke-on-Trent)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ Lake 1999, p. 158.
Bibliography edit
- Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.