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RAF Snitterfield is a former Royal Air Force station located west of Snitterfield, Warwickshire, England, north of Stratford-upon-Avon and south-east of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. Snitterfield was operational during the Second World War, the airfield was a class A airfield and had around 30 aircraft dispersals. The airfield was finished around June 1942 and cost around £1,147,000〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAF Worksop - World War II )〕 and opened in 1943 then closed in 1946.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAF Snitterfield )〕 ==Posted units== No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF ((P)AFU) was the first unit to operate from the airfield starting on 7 May 1943 at RAF Church Lawford and using Snitterfield as a satellite airfield to disperse the aircraft as Church Lawford was very busy. On 3 April 1945 the unit moved permanently to RAF Snitterfield using Airspeed Oxfords and Miles Magisters.〔 The airfield was also home to two Belgian training schools firstly the Initial Training School dealing with reception and training elements from 1 January 1944 until 13 December 1944〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Military flying units in the south west Midlands )〕 and secondly the Technical Training School from January 1944 until October 1946.〔 From May 1945 to 1946, Snitterfield was used as a Relief Landing Ground by No. 20 Service Flying Training School from RAF Church Lawford.〔 The airfield was also host to other units including: * No. 1533 Beam Approach Training Flight which joined in 1944 flying the Airspeed Oxford left 3 April 1945.〔 * No. 21 Flying Training School flying the Harvard joined the airfield on 3 April 1945 until 18 September 1946.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RAF Snitterfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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