RAF Zeals

51.0930, -2.3200 — view on OpenStreetMap ↗

About

RAF Zeals opened in Wiltshire in 1942 as a fighter station, its Supermarine Spitfires, Hawker Hurricanes and Westland Whirlwinds flying from it in the offensive years; later it became a night-fighter station, home to Canadian and New Zealand squadrons flying de Havilland Mosquitoes. Flying ended in 1946, and the airfield has returned to farmland and housing, the control tower surviving as a private house.

Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including RAF Zeals — Wikipedia and Zeals — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.

Photographs

ⓘ licence & creditDavid Martin / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_RAF_Zeals_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7981317.jpgView source & full licence →
Aerial photograph of Zeals airfield the control tower, technical site and blister hangars are at the bottom (South), 24 March 1944. Photograph taken by No. 544 Squadron, sortie number RAF/NLA/80. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Air Force / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RAF_Zeals_-_29_Mar_1944_Airphoto.jpgView source & full licence →

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