Royal Air Force Peplow, or more simply RAF Peplow, is a former

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located, located South of

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. It was operational between 1941 and 1949, being used by both the

(1942-1945) and the

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(1945–1947). The following units were here at some point: * No. 5 Service Flying Training School RAF * No. 11 Service Flying Training School RAF * No. 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF *

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734 Naval Air Squadron 734 Naval Air Squadron (734 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It was active between February 1944 and February 1946, formed as a naval Engine Handling Unit and operated solely with Armst ...

* 758 Naval Air Squadron *

772 Naval Air Squadron 772 Naval Air Squadron (772 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN) which last disbanded during September 1995. 772 Naval Air Squadron formed as a Fleet Requirements Unit out of 'Y' Flight fr ...

780 Naval Air Squadron 780 Naval Air Squadron (780 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN) which last disbanded at HMS ''Seahawk'', RNAS Culdrose in November 1949. 780 Naval Air Squadron formed at HMS ''Raven'', RNA ...

798 Naval Air Squadron 798 Naval Air Squadron (798 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN) which disbanded in March 1946. It formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent, (HMS ''Daedalus'') in October 1943, to provide advanced conv ...

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