RAF Chalgrove

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currentUse private airfield
gptkbp:elevation 75 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAF Chalgrove
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:EGTU
gptkbp:latitude 51.6700
gptkbp:leasedTo Martin-Baker Aircraft Company
gptkbp:location Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
gptkbp:longitude -1.0850
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Chalgrove
gptkbp:notableFor testing ejection seats
gptkbp:opened 1943
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:osGridReference SU636963
gptkbp:postwarUse Martin-Baker Aircraft Company testing
gptkbp:region gptkb:South_Oxfordshire
gptkbp:runwayLength 1,280 m
1,830 m
gptkbp:runwaySurface 3
asphalt
gptkbp:status active (private use)
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_units
gptkb:USAAF_Ninth_Air_Force
10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
153rd Liaison Squadron
15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance)
30th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
31st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
33rd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
34th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
416th Night Fighter Squadron
423rd Night Fighter Squadron
7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:84th_Fighter_Squadron
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7