RAF Thruxton
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RAF Thruxton opened in Hampshire near Andover in 1942 and served airborne-forces, army-cooperation and fighter roles. The paratroops for the celebrated Bruneval raid of February 1942 set off from the field in Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys, gliders flew from it on D-Day, and the P-47 Thunderbolts of the USAAF’s 366th Fighter Group were based there in 1944. After the war it became famous as the Thruxton motor-racing circuit, while remaining an active airfield, now also home to an air ambulance.
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