RAF Tilshead | |||||||||||
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| Tilshead, Wiltshire in England | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
  RAF Tilshead Shown within Wiltshire | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°13′40″N 001°58′13″W / 51.22778°N 1.97028°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1925 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1925-1941 | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 124 metres (407 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Tilshead or more simply RAF Tilshead is a former Royal Air Force station west of Tilshead, Wiltshire, England and 9 miles (14 km) east of Warminster.
The unpaved airfield was open from 1925 until 1941.[1] Nearby at Shrewton, a relief landing ground controlled by No. 38 Wing RAF was open from 1940 to 1946.[2][3]
- ^ "RAF Tilshead". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ "Shrewton". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "RAF Shrewton/Tilshead". Wartime Memories Project. Retrieved 4 April 2012.