RAF Meir explained

RAF Meir
Ensign:	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Ensign Size:	90px
Location:	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Country:	England
Pushpin Map:	Staffordshire
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Staffordshire
Pushpin Label:	RAF Meir
Ownership:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Controlledby:	RAF Flying Training Command
Used:	1920-
Battles:	Second 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
• 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

Bibliography

• Book: Lake . A . Flying units of the RAF . 1999 . Airlife . . 1-84037-086-6 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meir (Blythe Bridge) (Longton) (Stoke-on-Trent) . Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. 4 July 2020.