| 词条 | RAF Stormy Down |
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| name = RAF Stormy Down | ensign= Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg | ensign_size= 90px | native_name = | partof = | location = Pyle, Bridgend | nearest_town = | country = Wales | image = | caption = | pushpin_map = Wales Bridgend | pushpin_label = RAF Stormy Down | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Bridgend | coordinates = {{Coord|51|30|15|N|003|40|13|W|region:GB_type:airport|display=inline,title}} | type = Royal Air Force station | code = | site_area = | height = | ownership = Air Ministry | operator = Royal Air Force | controlledby = | open_to_public = | condition = | built = {{Start date|1939}} | builder = | used = 1939-{{End date|1947}} | materials = | fate = | battles = | events = | current_commander = | past_commanders= | garrison = | occupants = | elevation = {{Convert|97|m|0}} | IATA = | ICAO = | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | r1-number = 00 | r1-length = | r1-surface = Grass field | website = }} Royal Air Force Stormy Down, or more simply RAF Stormy Down is a former Royal Air Force station located near Pyle, Bridgend and opened in 1940. HistoryIt was an armament training school for the Royal Air Force (RAF) then after they departed the French took the station over and later American forces were also stationed at 'Stormy'. Flying ceased in August 1944 due to the dangerous grass landing strip. However the airfield continued to be used for occasional private aircraft and a glider club for a number of years.{{sfn|Smith-Wales|1990|p=00}} Stormy Down parented the RAF marine base at Porthcawl harbour. It ceased use as a flying station because the chalk was collapsing due to the rain. Once the RAF personnel left it became a French Air Force and Naval Aviation Initial Training school. The airfield continued in use by an Air Training Corps gliding school and then a gliding club. There was only one aircraft landing there after the field shut and the pilot was lucky to escape prosecution. The only American involvement was the garaging of two Piper Cub reconnaissance aircraft from Porthcawl. UnitsThe following units were at Stormy down at some point:[1]
Current useThe site is now used by Cenin Concrete Products Ltd, as a Research, Development & Production Centre. The site is also the operating base for Bridgend Motorcycle Training Centre. The site is also used for a weekly car boot sale. A proposal to site wind turbines on the disused airfield has been made and a solar energy facility built on the site. ReferencesCitations1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/stormy-down-newton-down-porthcawl |title=Stormy Down (Newton Down) (Porthcawl) |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|accessdate=29 March 2015}} Bibliography
External links
1 : Royal Air Force stations in Wales |
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