| 词条 | RAF Ta Kali |
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| name = RAF Station Ta Kali | ensign=Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg | ensign_size=90px | native_name = | partof = | location = Malta | nearest_town = Ta' Qali | country = | image = | caption = | pushpin_map = Malta | pushpin_label = RAF Ta Kali | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Malta | coordinates = {{Coord|35|53|42|N|014|25|15|E|region:MA_type:airport|display=inline,title}} | type = Diversion airfield for fighters | code = | site_area = | height = | ownership = Various | operator = | controlledby = | open_to_public = | condition = Extensively developed as a cultural site | built = {{Start date|1939}} | builder = | used = 1940-{{End date|1968}} | materials = | fate = | battles = Siege of Malta WW2 | events = | current_commander = | past_commanders = Group Captain Walter Myers Churchill DSO DFC RAF | garrison = | occupants = | elevation = | IATA = | ICAO = | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | r1-number = | r1-length = | r1-surface = | r2-number = | r2-length = | r2-surface = }} Royal Air Force Ta Kali was a Royal Air Force fighter operations base located on the island of Malta, which started life in 1940 as a diversion airstrip for the main operating bases such as RAF Luqa.[1] Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Ta Kali were located at RAF Hal Far and on Malta's second island of Gozo at Xewkija airfield. The base's name reflects an anglicised corruption of the correct Maltese spelling of Ta' Qali, other phonetic variants of the correct name also appear regularly. HistoryPre-War UseTa' Qali originally had an unpaved airstrip before the outbreak of hostilities in 1939. The original airfield was built on a dried lake bed in the interior of the island on reasonably featureless plain situated between Rabat and Valletta. Before the war it was used by civil aircraft,[2] but its runway surface became unusable in heavy rain and so it was improved somewhat by the RAF. Second World WarThe former civil aviation facility was renamed RAF Station Ta Kali on 8 November 1940.[3] RAF Ta Kali was developed at a time when Malta was under intense aerial bombardment and Malta's Air Command needed to have alternative diversion airstrips on Malta, as the RAF's main operating bases were being bombed. Airfield improvements started in 1940 and for the next three years the RAF base was heavily developed. The following fighter squadrons were based at RAF Ta Kali:
RAF Ta Kali remained a target for Axis aircraft attacks during the height of the siege.[5] Post warControl of the airfield would transfer to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in 1945 as a shore establishment known as HMS Goldfinch,[6] eventually it would be returned to RAF ownership in 1953. It was eventually closed as an active RAF base in 1968.[7] In 1952 RAF Gloster Meteor T7s were based at Ta' Qali. 601, 609 and 613 Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons RAF all deployed to Ta' Qali with their Gloster Meteor and de Havilland Vampire fighter aircraft during annual summer training camps in the early 1950s. The base was finally handed back to the Maltese Government in 1968. Current useThe former Ta' Qali airbase now hosts the Malta Aviation Museum, a highly popular venue for aviation and military history enthusiasts.[8][9] There is also a craft village in some of the airfield's WW2-vintage support buildings.[10] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Ta Qali|url=http://www.forgottenairfields.com/malta/island-of-malta/ta-qali-s390.html|website=www.forgottenairfields.com|accessdate=25 July 2017|language=en}} 2. ^{{cite web|last1=Cox|first1=Harold|title=Newsletter, Vol 15 No 2 TA’QALI AS A FIGHTER BASE|url=http://www.maltastudycircle.org.uk/site/userfiles/newsletter/15-02/15-2_t.htm|website=www.maltastudycircle.org.uk|accessdate=25 July 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=8 November 1940: Former Airport Renamed RAF Station Ta Qali|url=https://maltagc70.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/8-november-1940-former-airport-renamed-raf-station-ta-qali/|website=Malta: War Diary|accessdate=25 July 2017|date=8 November 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|last1=UK|first1=National Archives|title=RAF Regiment, Ta-Kali, Malta; formed 6 August 1942. AIR 29/58|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7159146|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|accessdate=25 July 2017}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Richards|first1=Denis|last2=Saunders|first2=Hilary|title=Official History of the Royal Air Force 1935-1945 — Vol. II —Fight Avails [Illustrated Edition]|date=2014|publisher=Pickle Partners Publishing|isbn=9781782893424|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WQdwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT336&lpg=PT336&dq=takali+suez&source=bl&ots=eH3DumsRQR&sig=BK04FsACGhjtXlcVOr6Hls0Q_qk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-_fPhrqXVAhXlLsAKHRvCCVMQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=takali%20suez&f=false|accessdate=25 July 2017|language=en}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=HMS Goldfinch, Takali|url=http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Takali.htm#.WXdv4YTyupo|website=www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk|accessdate=25 July 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=RAF Ta kali Malta - Regiment History, War & Military Records & Archives|url=https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/704/raf-ta-kali-malta/|website=www.forces-war-records.co.uk|accessdate=25 July 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Malta Aviation Museum-Ta' Qali-Malta|url=https://www.maltaaviationmuseum.com/ta-qali-aerodrome|website=Malta Aviation Museum-Ta' Qali-Malta|accessdate=25 July 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=British heritage, architecture, sights & museums in Malta|url=http://maltainsideout.com/14574/british-memorabilia-museums/|website=Malta InsideOut|accessdate=25 July 2017|date=13 October 2016}} 10. ^{{cite web|last1=Mitev|first1=Georgi|title=Ta’ Qali Crafts Village in Malta, Lace, Artefacts, Glass|url=http://www.malta.com/en/attraction/shopping/ta-qali-crafts-village|website=www.malta.com|accessdate=25 July 2017|language=en}} External links
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