RAF Fairwood Common
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Royal Air Force Fairwood Common, or more simply RAF Fairwood Common, is a former Royal Air Force sector station located on Fairwood Common, on the Gower Peninsula, to the west of Swansea. It is now th
Swansea Airport, what was RAF Fairwood Common
Fitters working on a Rolls-Royce Merlin III aircraft engine of a No. 125 Squadron RAF, Boulton Paul Defiant, at RAF Fairwood Common, January 1942.
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, at the controls of a De Havilland Mosquito F Mk.II, of No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron, during his visit to RAF Fairwood Common.
Supermarine Walrus, an example of the type used by 'D' flight
RAF Angle
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Royal Air Force Angle or more commonly RAF Angle is a former Royal Air Force station located on the Angle Peninsula Coast, 8 miles west of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was operational from 1 Jun
RAF Fairwood Common
…became a sector station. All aspects of the air defence of South Wales was covered by the Fairwood Sector. From December 1941 the forward airfield RAF Angle became part of the sector. On 23 January 1942, No. 615 Squadron (County of Surrey) Auxiliary Air Force, arrived from RAF Angle, equipped with Hawker…
RAF Angle on a target dosier of the german Luftwaffe while under construction, 1941
Windmill pillbox remains at Angle
Highball prototype bombs in the modified bomb bay of de Havilland Mosquito DK290/G, as an example of what was used at RAF Angle
Westland Whirlwind Mk I, of No. 263 Squadron RAF