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Storemen stack 250-lb medium capacity bombs in one of the tunnels at RAF Fauld. Over a hundred sites were considered and rejected for the RAF's underground storage; many had been pre-empted by the Army and the War Office. A survey in 1929–30 by the Army had found few sites to be satisfactory with regard to capacity, accessibility, locality ...
RAF Bowes Moor was a chemical warfare agent (CWA) storage site run by the Royal Air Force during and after the Second World War. The site was to the north of the village of Bowes in what is now County Durham, England. The Bowes Moor geographical feature runs from the north to the south west of the village.
The following is a list of Royal Air Force Maintenance Units (MU). The majority of MUs were previously Equipment Depots (ED), Storage Depots (SD) and Aircraft Storage Units (ASU)s. The majority of MUs were previously Equipment Depots (ED), Storage Depots (SD) and Aircraft Storage Units (ASU)s.
Much of the storage facility was annihilated by the explosion, but the site itself continued to be used by the RAF for munitions storage until 1966, when No. 21 Maintenance Unit was disbanded. [5] Following France's withdrawal from NATO 's integrated military structure in 1966, [ 10 ] the site was used by the United States Army between 1967 and ...
Royal Air Force Fauld is a former Royal Air Force underground munitions storage depot located 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of Tutbury, Staffordshire and 10.4 miles (16.7 km) north east of Rugeley, Staffordshire, England. The site was controlled by No. 21 Maintenance Unit RAF which stored munitions underground.
Extensive WW II armaments depot lines using underground Chilmark Quarries and above-ground storage at satellite site at Dinton, Wiltshire. RAF Fauld Depot railway: by 1979 [1] 2 ft (610 mm) Fauld, England: Underground ammunition store during WWII with supply railway. Royal Arsenal Railway [3] [13] [14] 1873 1966 18 in (457 mm) and 1 ft 11 + 1 ...
WW2 secret missions recalled in new Caithness trail SSEN and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said the site was secure and there was no risk to the public.
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...