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RAF Chelveston

Airfields of the VIII Bomber Command in the United KingdomInstallations of the United States Air Force in the United KingdomMilitary installations closed in the 1970sRoyal Air Force stations in NorthamptonshireRoyal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
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RAF Chelveston 9 May 1944 Airphoto
RAF Chelveston 9 May 1944 Airphoto

Royal Air Force Chelveston or more simply RAF Chelveston is a former Royal Air Force station located on the south side of the B645 (former A45 road), 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Wellingborough, near the village of Chelveston in Northamptonshire, England. During the Second World War the airfield was occupied by both the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces. It was given the USAAF designation Station 105. During the Cold War, Chelveston housed some flying units but its main role was that of a readiness station to receive USAF units from the United States in case of an emergency. In the mid-1970s, the majority of the airfield was sold by the Ministry of Defence to private landholders, with the exception of a military housing area occupied by U.S. service members assigned to RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth.

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RAF Chelveston
Heřmanova, Hauptstadt Prag Holleschowitz

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Heřmanova 1088/8
17000 Hauptstadt Prag, Holleschowitz
Prag, Tschechien
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RAF Chelveston 9 May 1944 Airphoto
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