Aston Down is in Gloucestershire, South West England, 2.5 miles east of Minchinhampton, 6 miles southeast of Stroud and 7 miles west of Cirencester. The nearest settlement is the large village of Chal
Royal Air Force Annan or more simply RAF Annan is a former Royal Air Force station located about 2 miles north-east of the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which was operational during
Aston Down
…before being renamed No. 55 OTU. The unit trained Hawker Hurricane and Bristol Blenheim pilots before being renamed No. 3 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF at RAF Annan. This was redesignated on 18 December 1944 and moved back to Aston Down where the unit flew Hawker Typhoons. During 1941 the second longest staying…