Qualla: RAF Bodorgan https://qualla.com/raf-bodorgan en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: RAF Bodorgan https://qualla.com/raf-bodorgan RAF Bodorgan: Introduction https://qualla.com/raf-bodorgan/ Of the dozen or so airfields scratched out of Anglesey's flat western fields during the Second World War, Bodorgan was one of the smallest and least dramatic. There were no fighter scrambles, no bomber dispersals lined with B-17s, no famous squadrons. What happened here instead was the unglamorous backbone of wartime aviation: an Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, a satellite landing ground, tents, then Nissen huts, then concrete pans. The whole thing lasted five years almost to the day. Then the hangars came down and the Meyrick family got their land back.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/y/raf-bodorgan-wp/gcky-raf-bodorgan-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full RAF Bodorgan: Opened in Haste https://qualla.com/raf-bodorgan/ The airfield opened on 1 September 1940 - exactly a year after the war began - on land requisitioned from the Meyrick estate of Bodorgan, a large landholding in southwest Anglesey. It was first called RAF Aberffraw, after the nearest village. In May 1941 the name changed to RAF B...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/y/raf-bodorgan-wp/gcky-raf-bodorgan-opened-in-haste.mp3 0:06 2 full RAF Bodorgan: The Work of Cooperation https://qualla.com/raf-bodorgan/ Bodorgan's main job was anti-aircraft cooperation. The country's anti-aircraft gun batteries needed something to shoot at - or rather, something to track and practise on - and that was the role of the Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Units. Aircraft would fly predictable patterns over ...

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