RAF Llandow
| RAF Llandow | |||||||||||
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| Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-43 * No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF RAF Maintenance Command 1943- | ||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 51°26′0″N 03°29′45″W / 51.43333°N 3.49583°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1937 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1937-1957 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II Cold War | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 88 metres (289 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Llandow or more simply RAF Llandow is a former Royal Air Force station situated near the village of Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, 15 miles (24 km) west of Cardiff.
It opened in 1940 and closed in 1957. It was while training at this airfield in 1941 that John Gillespie Magee, Jr. wrote his famous poem, "High Flight."