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Royal Air Force Rhoose or more simply RAF Rhoose is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Rhoose, a few miles west of Cardiff, Wales.

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RAF Rhoose
Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales
RAF Rhoose Shown within the Vale of Glamorgan Show map of Vale of Glamorgan RAF Rhoose RAF Rhoose (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°23′48″N 003°20′36″W
Type	Satellite station
Code	RH
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1942-44 RAF Flying Training Command 1944 RAF Maintenance Command 1944
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)/42
In use	April 1942 - 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	85 metres (279 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac

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:[2]

• No. 7 Air Gunners School RAF
• No. 59 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 65 Gliding School RAF (1944-??)[3]

See also

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

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Falconer, J (1998). RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2175-9.
• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

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