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RAF Wroughton construction started in 1940 as an RAF ASU & MU.
ASU Aircraft Storage Unit No. 76 MU.
MU Maintenance Unit No. 15 MU.
No.76, was set up at Wroughton to handle the packing of aircraft into crates for transport overseas.
The airfield's principal role was aircraft maintenance and storage unit and more than 7,000 aircraft were modified, serviced or repaired there during the war. It was also involved in the assembly of aircraft to supply fighter units, and became the final assembly point, in the second half of 1943, for many naval planes and gliders used in the Allied invasion of Europe. After the War, Wroughton continued its maintenance function.
RAF left in 1972.
From 1980 hangars on the northern side of the airfield were taken over by The Science Museum Wroughton.
Royal Naval Aircraft Yard to the 1991's.
The wartime hangar compliment was
2 x Type B1 hangars.
3 x Type C hangars.
4 x Type D hangars.
7 x Type L hangars.
27 x Robin hangars.
Part of the accommodation for personnel was permanent. A large married quarters to the east side.

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RAF Maintenance Command. 

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15 MU.

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Aircraft in storage.

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