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RAF Peplow

RAF Peplow
RNAS Peplow (HMS Godwit II / HMS Godwit)
Peplow, Shropshire in England
Aerial View of RAF Peplow (2024)
RAF Peplow is located in Shropshire
RAF Peplow
RAF Peplow
Shown within Shropshire
RAF Peplow is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Peplow
RAF Peplow
RAF Peplow (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates52°48′20″N 2°30′16″W / 52.80556°N 2.50444°W / 52.80556; -2.50444
TypeRoyal Air Force station
Royal Naval Air Station
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Royal Navy
Controlled byRAF Flying Training Command
Fleet Air Arm
Site history
Built1940 (1940)
In use1941-1945 (1945) (Royal Air Force)
1945-1949 (Royal Navy)
Airfield information
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Concrete
00/00  Concrete
00/00  Concrete

Royal Air Force Peplow, or more simply RAF Peplow, is a former Royal Air Force located, located 7 miles (11 km) South of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England. It was operational between 1941 and 1949, being used by both the Royal Air Force (1942-1945) and the Royal Navy (1945–1947).[1]

The following units were here at some point:[2]

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Bibliography

  • Delve, Ken (2007). The Military Airfields of Britain Wales and West Midlands. Marlborough, Wiltshire UK: The Crowood Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-86126-917-1.