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DMS Whittington, otherwise known as Defence Medical Services Whittington (formerly Whittington Barracks), is a military base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum , the Headquarters of the Surgeon General and subordinate medical headquarters, and the location of the Defence ...
A grandstand was erected in 1773 near the Lichfield-Tamworth Road, however, by the 19th century the popularity of the races dwindled, and military use of the heath grew. Under the Cardwell Reforms of the army, the War Office approached the Marquess of Anglesey in 1875 to buy the heath for the building of Whittington Barracks. Construction of ...
Passed to Royal Navy / Fleet Air Arm in 1943, now Glasgow International Airport: RAF Aberporth: Wales: Ceredigion: 1941 1984 Now West Wales Airport: RAF Abingdon: AB England Oxfordshire [a] 1932 1992 Transferred to the British Army and became Dalton Barracks. Airfield continued to be used for RAF helicopter training and gliding. RAF Acaster ...
Airport names in italics are listed in the UK Aeronautical Information Publication. [1] Airport names in bold have scheduled commercial airline service(s). Runway information is for the longest runway when more than one is available.
Airport type: Public: Operator: Paul Lamont ... Map; CLW3. Location in Ontario. Runways; Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 2,200 671 Turf Source: Canada Flight ...
The name "Whitchurch Heath" was used until 1 June 1943, when RAF Tilstock was adopted. Between 1 September 1942 and 21 January 1946, the airfield was used by No. 81 Operational Training Unit and No. 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit Royal Air Force for the training of pilots and crews in the operation of Whitley , Stirling and Halifax heavy bombers.
It became subordinate to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2008 [3] and moved to Whittington Barracks as the Defence College of Healthcare Education and Training in 2014. [4] It was renamed the Defence Medical Academy in September 2019. [5]
In 1943, RAF Woodbridge (initially called RAF Sutton Heath) was one of three airfields constructed along the east coast of England, set up to accept distressed aircraft returning across the North Sea from raids over Germany, and was therefore laid out with extra-long, extra-wide runways (the other two sites being at RAF Manston in Kent and RAF Carnaby in Yorkshire).