RAF Rhoose

RAF Rhoose
Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales
RAF Rhoose Shown within the Vale of Glamorgan RAF Rhoose RAF Rhoose (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	51°23′48″N 003°20′36″W
Type	Satellite station
Code	RH
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1942-44 RAF Flying Training Command 1944 RAF Maintenance Command 1944
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)/42
In use	April 1942 - 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	85 metres (279 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac

Royal Air Force Rhoose or more simply RAF Rhoose is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Rhoose, a few miles west of Cardiff, Wales.

History

It opened on 7 April 1942 as an RAF training base for Supermarine Spitfire pilots.

No. 53 Operational Training Unit Llandow was the parent station, and Rhoose was a satellite landing ground.

Other units included:

• No. 7 Air Gunners School RAF
• No. 59 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 65 Gliding School RAF (1944-??)

See also

• Cardiff Airport, which now occupies the site
• MOD St Athan, a separate but close-by RAF station

References

Bibliography

• Falconer, J (1998). RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2175-9.
• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.