RNAS Cranwell

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RNAS Cranwell was a major First World War-era Royal Naval Air Service training and operational air station in Lincolnshire, England, that later evolved into RAF Cranwell, a key Royal Air Force college and base.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Naval Air Service air station
airfieldType land air station
associatedWith RAF Cranwell
surface form: Royal Air Force College Cranwell
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War
convertedTo RAF Cranwell
country United Kingdom
countryDuringOperation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
era World War I
surface form: First World War
followedBy RAF Cranwell
garrison Royal Naval Air Service
garrisonedIn Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England
surface form: Cranwell, Lincolnshire
hasSuccessor RAF Cranwell
historicalRole major First World War training station
operational air station
inception 1910s
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England
Lincolnshire
United Kingdom
locatedNear Sleaford
location Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England
militaryBranchTransition Royal Naval Air Service to Royal Air Force
notableFor aircrew training
observer training
pilot training
operatedBy Royal Naval Air Service
partOf British naval aviation infrastructure
Royal Naval Air Service
serviceBranch Royal Navy
use military aviation training
operational flying

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Royal Naval Air Service notableBase RNAS Cranwell