Upavon Aerodrome

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Upavon Aerodrome is a historic British airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, notable as an early military aviation base and long-serving training and operations site for the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station
military airfield
continent Europe
country United Kingdom
garrison Royal Air Force
Royal Flying Corps
hasFunction air operations base
pilot training
hasRunwaySurface grass
historicSignificance key site in development of Royal Flying Corps training
one of the earliest British military airfields
locatedIn England
Upavon
Wiltshire NERFINISHED
locatedInCounty Wiltshire NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion southwest England
surface form: "South West England"
locatedNear Pewsey
locatedOn Salisbury Plain
militaryBranch Royal Air Force
Royal Flying Corps
notableFor early British military aviation
long‑serving training role
operatedBy Royal Air Force
Royal Flying Corps
ownedBy Ministry of Defence
partOf Salisbury Plain
surface form: "Salisbury Plain Training Area"
use flying training
military aviation
operational flying
usedBy British Army

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: "Trenchard Lines, Upavon"
Upavon nearbyFacility Upavon Aerodrome
Royal Flying Corps trainingLocation Upavon Aerodrome

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