RAF Rhoose

RAF Rhoose
Vale of Glamorgan in Wales
RAF Rhoose Shown within the Vale of Glamorgan
Coordinates
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)
In use	1942-unknown
Airfield information
Elevation	67 metres (220 ft) AMSL

RAF Rhoose is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) satellite airfield located near Cardiff, Wales.

History

It opened on 7 April 1942 as an RAF training base for Supermarine Spitfire pilots.

No. 53 Operational Training Unit Llandow was the parent station, and Rhoose was a satellite landing ground.

Other units included:

• No. 7 Air Gunnery School RAF
• No. 59 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 65 Elementary Gliding School RAF
• No. 65 Gliding School RAF

See also

• Cardiff International Airport, which now occupies the site
• RAF St. Athan, a separate but close-by RAF station