About: RAF Hixon

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Royal Air Force Hixon or more simply RAF Hixon was a Royal Air Force station located on the north western edge of the village of Hixon in Staffordshire, England. The airfield was 7.5 miles (12.1 km) east of Stafford and bounded at the west and north by railways. After opening in 1942, it served as a base for No. 30 Operational Training Unit and, after the OTU left up until its closure in 1957, it served as a satellite site for No. 16 Maintenance Unit based at RAF Stafford.

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dbp:reference	McLelland, Tim. Action Stations Revisited Volume 5; Wales and the Midlands. Manchester, UK: Crecy Publishing, 2012. . (en) Delve, Ken. The military airfields of Britain; Wales and West Midlands. Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK: Crowood Press, 2007. . (en) Thomas, Nick. Stafford at War 1939-1945. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword, 2009. . (en) Braithwaite, Bruce. When the war came to Seighford. Stafford, Staffordshire, UK: Brula Books, 2007. . (en) Brooks, Robin J. Shropshire Airfields in the Second World War. Newbury, Berkshire, UK: Countryside Books, 2007. . (en) Brew, Alec. Staffordshire and Black Country Airfields. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Tempus Publishing, 2001. . (en) Chorlton, Martyn. Staffordshire Airfields in the Second World War. Newbury, Berkshire, UK: Countryside Books, 2007. . (en)
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rdfs:comment	Royal Air Force Hixon or more simply RAF Hixon was a Royal Air Force station located on the north western edge of the village of Hixon in Staffordshire, England. The airfield was 7.5 miles (12.1 km) east of Stafford and bounded at the west and north by railways. After opening in 1942, it served as a base for No. 30 Operational Training Unit and, after the OTU left up until its closure in 1957, it served as a satellite site for No. 16 Maintenance Unit based at RAF Stafford. (en)
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