RAF Rhoose

RAF Rhoose
Vale of Glamorgan in Wales
RAF Rhoose Shown within the Vale of Glamorgan
Coordinates	51°23′48″N 003°20′36″W
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)
In use	1942-unknown
Airfield information
Elevation	67 metres (220 ft) AMSL

RAF Rhoose is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) satellite airfield located near 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 Gunnery School RAF
• No. 59 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 65 Elementary Gliding School RAF
• No. 65 Gliding School RAF

See also

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