RAF Rhoose

RAF Rhoose

RAF Rhoose was a World War II Royal Air Force airfield, opened 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.

ee also

*Cardiff International Airport, which now occupies the site
*RAF St. Athan, a separate but close-by RAF station


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