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- Colerne_Airfield abstract "Colerne Airfield (ICAO: EGUO), formerly known as RAF Colerne, is located at Colerne, Wiltshire, England.By October 1940 RAF Colerne was still partly in the course of construction being a fighter station for the defence of Bristol. At that date the contractors were still building and the ground was a quagmire in many areas. Unfinished barrack blocks were pretty cold and there was very little running water. Troops were taken in Bedford trucks once a week to the luxurious baths in Bath used in peacetime by wealthy invalids. These sunken baths, tiled and entered down steps by brass handrails were in contrast to conditions at the camp. The 87 squadron was there and a Polish fighter squadron.Later Defiants came but they were not a success as nightfighters were superseded by the more suitable Beaufighter.The entry under RAF Charmy Down suggests it was more active than Colerne but when I was sent there to open up a substore in late 1940 it was more of a satellite although some flying was taking place. I remember doing guard duty at night high up on Charmy Down and seing Bristol down below being pounded by enemy bombers. From Colerne we had periodic 24 hour passes during which we could travel down Bannerdown Hill into Bath and enjoy the many cultural activities there, the Pump Room, the Theatre Royal etc.It was at a later time taken over by the Army, Former Regiments of Royal Corps of Transport and Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Colerne Airfield was used as the location for the filming of Top Gear's Airport Vehicle Race featured in Series 14 Episode 4.The airfield is a ground station for the Skynet 5 military satellite system that provides battlefield support (e.g. real-time imagery from remote-piloted drones in various theatres of war). It is also in close proximity to the underground Corsham Computer Centre (that was established based around a system of Digital Equipment Corporation VAX computers).The airfield (as RAF Colerne) also provides a base for the Bristol University Air Squadron (3 AEF), that provides ab-initio pilot training for the RAF.".
- Colerne_Airfield elevation "180.7464".
- Colerne_Airfield elevation "181.0".
- Colerne_Airfield icaoLocationIdentifier "EGUO".
- Colerne_Airfield location Colerne.
- Colerne_Airfield operator University_Air_Squadron.
- Colerne_Airfield runwayDesignation "01/19".
- Colerne_Airfield runwayDesignation "07/25".
- Colerne_Airfield runwayLength "1095.0".
- Colerne_Airfield runwayLength "1095.1464".
- Colerne_Airfield runwayLength "1663.9032".
- Colerne_Airfield runwayLength "1664.0".
- Colerne_Airfield runwaySurface "Asphalt".
- Colerne_Airfield wikiPageID "6970847".
- Colerne_Airfield wikiPageRevisionID "554062134".
- Colerne_Airfield coordinatesRegion "GB".
- Colerne_Airfield coordinatesType "airport".
- Colerne_Airfield elevationF "593".
- Colerne_Airfield elevationM "181".
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- Colerne_Airfield icao "EGUO".
- Colerne_Airfield latd "51".
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- Colerne_Airfield latns "N".
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- Colerne_Airfield location Colerne.
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- Colerne_Airfield longm "17".
- Colerne_Airfield longs "11".
- Colerne_Airfield metricRwy "Y".
- Colerne_Airfield name "Colerne Airfield".
- Colerne_Airfield operator University_Air_Squadron.
- Colerne_Airfield pushpinLabel "EGUO".
- Colerne_Airfield pushpinMap "United Kingdom Wiltshire".
- Colerne_Airfield pushpinMapCaption "Location in Wiltshire".
- Colerne_Airfield r1LengthF "3593".
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- Colerne_Airfield r1Number "1".
- Colerne_Airfield r1Surface Asphalt.
- Colerne_Airfield r2LengthF "5459".
- Colerne_Airfield r2LengthM "1664".
- Colerne_Airfield r2Number "7".
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- Colerne_Airfield type "Military".
- Colerne_Airfield subject Category:Airports_in_England.
- Colerne_Airfield subject Category:History_of_Wiltshire.
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- Colerne_Airfield type Airfield102687992.
- Colerne_Airfield type Airport102692232.
- Colerne_Airfield type AirportsInEngland.
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- Colerne_Airfield type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Colerne_Airfield type Airport.
- Colerne_Airfield type ArchitecturalStructure.
- Colerne_Airfield type Infrastructure.
- Colerne_Airfield type Place.
- Colerne_Airfield type Wikidata:Q532.
- Colerne_Airfield type Airport.
- Colerne_Airfield type Place.
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- Colerne_Airfield comment "Colerne Airfield (ICAO: EGUO), formerly known as RAF Colerne, is located at Colerne, Wiltshire, England.By October 1940 RAF Colerne was still partly in the course of construction being a fighter station for the defence of Bristol. At that date the contractors were still building and the ground was a quagmire in many areas. Unfinished barrack blocks were pretty cold and there was very little running water.".
- Colerne_Airfield label "Colerne Airfield".
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- Colerne_Airfield name "Colerne Airfield".