RAF Merryfield
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RAF Merryfield was built near Ilminster in Somerset and opened early in 1944 as a United States Army Air Forces base, Station 464, from which the Douglas C-47s of the 441st Troop Carrier Group towed gliders and dropped paratroops on D-Day. It then passed to RAF Transport Command, flying Dakotas, Liberators and Yorks, and after the war served as a jet advanced flying school. Since 1971 it has been a satellite of nearby Yeovilton as RNAS Merryfield, used by the Royal Navy for helicopter training.
Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including Merryfield (Isle Abbotts) — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust and RAF Merryfield — Wikipedia. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.
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