RAF_Meir

RAF Meir
RAF Meir
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in England
	RAF Meir Shown within Staffordshire
Coordinates	52°58′13″N 2°05′45″W
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Flying Training Command
Site history
Built	1920
In use	1920-1973
Battles/wars	Second World War

RAF Meir

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Royal Air Force Meir or more simply RAF Meir is a former Royal Air Force station located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

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The following units were here at some point:^[1]

No. 1 Practice Flying Unit was formed here on 4 March 1940 and operated Hawker Hectors and Hawker Hinds until it was disbanded on 16 June 1940^[2]
No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
No. 28 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
No. 45 Gliding School RAF
No. 632 Gliding School RAF

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[ABCT-1] [1]
"Meir (Blythe Bridge) (Longton) (Stoke-on-Trent)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[FOOTNOTELake1999158-2] [2]
Lake 1999, p. 158.

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RAF Meir
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in England
RAF Meir Shown within Staffordshire
Coordinates	52°58′13″N 2°05′45″W
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Flying Training Command
Site history
Built	1920 (1920)
In use	1920-1973 (1973)
Battles/wars	Second World War