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RAF Watchfield is a former Royal Air Force station which was located north east of Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England. The airfield opened in 1940 using grass runways and operated by the RAF until 1950,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAF Watchfield )〕 after which it was used by the army for parachute training and development of vehicle air drop with planes flying from RAF Abingdon and using the former airfield as a drop zone. In 1961 16 Parachute Heavy Drop company (RAOC) was formed there. This company moved to RAF Hullavington in February 1971 and the site was closed in 1972.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAF Watchfield )〕 ==Based units== The airfield was used by a large amount of units like No 4 Air Observer & Navigation School (which came from RAF Ansty) between 20 July 1940 and 30 August 1941 flying the Tiger Moth. No 11 Air Observer & Navigation School also joined on 20 July 1940 but left slightly earlier on 19 July 1941 moving to another airfield.〔 A small group of maintenance units used the airfield for temporary use like No 5 Maintenance Unit and a Sub-site of No 7 Maintenance Unit between September and November 1940. No 50 Group Pool were also present during 1940.〔 No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School from RAF Hamble were present for a short time arriving 20 July 1940.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HAMBLE'S AIRFIELDS )〕 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 Watchfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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