RAF Quedgeley

RAF Quedgeley was a Royal Air Force station near Quedgeley, Gloucestershire.

RAF Quedgeley
Located near Quedgeley in Gloucestershire
RAF Quedgeley is located in Gloucestershire
RAF Quedgeley
RAF Quedgeley
Coordinates51.8204°N 2.2675°W / 51.8204; -2.2675
TypeNon-flying
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Controlled byRoyal Air Force
Site history
Built1914 (1914)
In use1914-1926
1939-1995
Garrison information
GarrisonRAF Maintenance Command

History

The site was first occupied in 1914. It closed as an independent RAF unit on 13 February 1995.[1]

As of 1915 part of the site was the No 5 National Filling Factory[2] which supplied ammunition during the First World War. At one point 6364 people, mainly women, were employed at the site. The factory produced over 10.5 million 14" and 16" shells, 7 million cartridges and 23 million fuses and other components. The site also included a horse convalescence unit.[3]

The buildings were demolished between 1924 and 1926.

In World War II, No. 7 Maintenance Unit, RAF Quedgeley was opened on 15 April 1939 as a storage and maintenance site for aircraft equipment and motor vehicles.[1] It continued in this logistics role until its closure in 1995,[4] with the storage of large quantities of basic equipment such as furniture.

Current use

The site has subsequently been sold and is being developed for housing (Kingsway Village) and industrial uses.[5][6]

See also

References

Citations
  1. "Unit History: RAF Quedgeley". Forces War Records. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. "History of the Filling Factory" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  3. "Airfield Research Group Report No 25". Airfield Research Group. 2003. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. "Monument No. 1583179". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. Hall, Matt. "Contracts exchanged on former RAF location in Gloucester". Punchline. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. Burgess, Shane. "Housing Supply and demand in Gloucester: A case study of RAF Quedgeley - Kingsway". doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.19895.52647. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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