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RAF Manorbier

Bombing rangesMilitary airbases established in 1933Royal Air Force stations in WalesRoyal Air Force stations of World War II in the United KingdomUse British English from May 2013
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939 45 H5124
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939 45 H5124

Royal Air Force Manorbier, or more simply RAF Manorbier, was a Royal Air Force airfield near Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The site was first used in 1933 as a mixed civilian/military airfield and was the base for 'Y' Flight of No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF in 1937, using de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee unmanned radio-controlled target drone. The airfield was passed on to the War Office in September 1946.Air Defence Range (ADR) Manorbier is located within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It is currently used by the Ministry of Defence and is the sole UK range used for the High Velocity Missile in the anti-aircraft role. The range comes under Defence Training Estate Pembrokeshire, and was formed out of merging the anti-aircraft school of Artillery at Larkhill and the field at Manorbier in 1972. It is now the main UK Close Air Defense (CAD) range for the British Army.

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SA70 7TS , Manorbier
Wales, United Kingdom
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The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939 45 H5124
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