RAF LLANDOW Traditional Cache
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Llandow defensive position, it will require some hedge diving! the country lane can be busy so take care especially with kids. Parking is available short distance away, one of the old hangers is The Place for homes furniture store. May require a torch. If you break it tell us. Please put it back where you found it. Many thanks.
RAF Llandow was a Royal Air Force airfield situated near the village of Llandow,Vale Of Glamorgan South Wales, 15 miles 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." The Llandow Air Disaster occurred on 12 March 1950 when an Avro Tudor V airline G-AKBY of Fairflight Ltd crashed on final approach to runway 28 at RAF Llandow. The aircraft was returning from Dublin Airport with five crew and 80 rugby supporters, all except three passengers being killed. More history can be found online.
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