RAF Lasham
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RAF Lasham was laid out on farmland in Hampshire and opened late in 1942, serving in turn army-cooperation, fighter and light-bomber roles. Squadrons of Hawker Typhoons and Supermarine Spitfires flew from it, and from 1943 it was a base for the de Havilland Mosquitoes and North American Mitchells of No. 2 Group, including the airfield’s No. 138 (Bomber) Wing, striking targets in occupied Europe. RAF flying ended in 1948. Since then Lasham has become one of the largest gliding centres in the world, home to the Lasham Gliding Society, while a commercial company maintains airliners on the site.
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