RAF Merryfield
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! RAF Station Merryfield (also known as Isle Abbotts) is a former World War II airfield in Somerset, England. The airfield is located approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Chard, about 130 miles (210 km) southwest of London. Opened in 1944, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force. During the war it was used primarily as a transport airfield. After the war it was provided to the Royal Navy. Today the airfield is an active military installation with restricted access. Merryfield airfield was to be built to the Class A…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! RAF Station Merryfield (also known as Isle Abbotts) is a former World War II airfield in Somerset, England. The airfield is located approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Chard, about 130 miles (210 km) southwest of London. Opened in 1944, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force. During the war it was used primarily as a transport airfield. After the war it was provided to the Royal Navy. Today the airfield is an active military installation with restricted access. Merryfield airfield was to be built to the Class A airfield standard for bomber use, with a set of three converging runways each containing a concrete runway for takeoffs and landings, optimally placed at 60 degree angles to each other in a triangular pattern, John Laing Ltd being the main contractors. Work commenced late in 1942 and on 11 November the airfield was listed as one of 16 to be made available for the USAAF to meet the number of troop carrier groups projected for the UK.