RAF Heathfield
Royal Air Force Heathfield, or more commonly RAF Heathfield, sometimes known as RAF Ayr/Heathfield due to its proximity to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was also used by military flights, is a former Royal Air Force station. It opened in April 1941 as an airbase for day and night fighter squadrons. In September 1944 it transferred to Fleet Air Arm control and commissioned as HMS Wagtail. The Royal Navy paid off the airbase in March 1946 and it was reduced to care and maintenance. The United States Air Force used it for storage between 1951 and 1957, with the designation USAAF Station 570. Like many other wartime airfields, its runways were of the triangular layout.
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Calvinston Road,
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N 55.486111111111 ° | E -4.5988888888889 ° |
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Calvinston Road
Calvinston Road
KA9 2EN , Heathfield
Scotland, United Kingdom
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