RNAS Cranwell

E14435
Royal Naval Air Service air station

RNAS Cranwell was a major First World War-era Royal Naval Air Service training and operational air station in Lincolnshire, England, that later evolved into RAF Cranwell, a key Royal Air Force college and base.

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Label Occurrences
RNAS Cranwell canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Naval Air Service air station ⓘ
airfieldType land air station ⓘ
associatedWith RAF Cranwell ⓘ
surface form: Royal Air Force College Cranwell
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
convertedTo RAF Cranwell ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryDuringOperation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
era World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
followedBy RAF Cranwell ⓘ
garrison Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
garrisonedIn Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Cranwell, Lincolnshire
hasSuccessor RAF Cranwell ⓘ
historicalRole major First World War training station ⓘ
operational air station ⓘ
inception 1910s ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear Sleaford ⓘ
location Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
militaryBranchTransition Royal Naval Air Service to Royal Air Force ⓘ
notableFor aircrew training ⓘ
observer training ⓘ
pilot training ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
partOf British naval aviation infrastructure ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
use military aviation training ⓘ
operational flying ⓘ

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