RAF Meir

52°58′13″N 2°05′45″W / 52.97028°N 2.09583°W / 52.97028; -2.09583Site informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Flying Training CommandSite historyBuilt1920 (1920)In use1920-1973 (1973)Battles/warsSecond World War

Royal Air Force Meir or more simply RAF Meir is a former Royal Air Force station located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

No. 1 Practice Flying Unit was formed here on 4 March 1940 and operated Hawker Hectors and Hawker Hinds until it was disbanded on 16 June 1940^[2]
No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
No. 28 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
No. 45 Gliding School RAF
No. 632 Gliding School RAF

References

Citations

^ "Meir (Blythe Bridge) (Longton) (Stoke-on-Trent)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ Lake 1999, p. 158.

Bibliography

Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

Royal Air Force

Ministry of Defence

formations
and units

units	Commands Groups Wings Squadrons Flights Conversion units Operational Training units Schools / Training units Ferry units Glider units Misc units
stations	Active Former Satellite Landing Grounds
Regiment	Wings Squadrons Flights