Qualla: RAF Wrexham https://qualla.com/raf-wrexham en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/v/raf-wrexham-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: RAF Wrexham https://qualla.com/raf-wrexham RAF Wrexham: Introduction https://qualla.com/raf-wrexham/ Photo credit RAF Photo Reconnaissance Unit, Public domain. Most British wartime airfields were built on whatever flat ground could be found - reclaimed estuary mud, drained marshland, hastily levelled farmland. RAF Wrexham had a rare advantage: a dry plateau. While neighbouring fields at Sealand and Hawarden, both reclaimed from the River Dee, turned to claggy mud through Welsh winters, Borras stayed firm. Training squadrons noticed. So did the night fighters defending Liverpool and Manchester. So, eventually, did the US Army's Piper Cubs, the Royal Observer Corps men listening for Soviet bombers, and the recording engineers who turned the nuclear bunker into a studio. Borras did a lot of jobs across the 20th century. Quarrying has now almost obliterated it.

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/v/raf-wrexham-wp/gcmv-raf-wrexham-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full RAF Wrexham: Edwardian Air Displays to the First War https://qualla.com/raf-wrexham/ Photo credit RAF Photo Reconnaissance Unit, Public domain. Aviation came to Wrexham in 1912 when Gustav Hamel, the celebrated young pilot, performed at the Racecourse Ground - the same ground that today is the world's oldest international football stadium. Wrexham council immediately discussed whether the racecourse might become a munici...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/v/raf-wrexham-wp/gcmv-raf-wrexham-edwardian-air-displays-to-the-first-war.mp3 0:06 2 full RAF Wrexham: Night Fighters and Decoy Fires https://qualla.com/raf-wrexham/ Photo credit RAF Photo Reconnaissance Unit, Public domain. Construction proper began in December 1940 and ran through to June 1941, often by floodlight through the dark winter. Three grass runways of about 550-660 yards were laid down with hardened concrete, lit for night operations, and ringed with defences linked to those of the nearby...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/v/raf-wrexham-wp/gcmv-raf-wrexham-night-fighters-and-decoy-fires.mp3 0:06 3 full RAF Wrexham: American Cub Strips in Welsh Fields https://qualla.com/raf-wrexham/ Photo credit RAF Photo Reconnaissance Unit, Public domain. Less famous than the night fighter squadrons, but more peculiar, were the US Army cub strips. The 400th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and No. 33 Signals Construction Battalion were billeted in local houses - Acton Hall most notably - and needed somewhere for their Piper Cubs ...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/v/raf-wrexham-wp/gcmv-raf-wrexham-american-cub-strips-in-welsh-fields.mp3 0:06 4 full RAF Wrexham: The Cold War Bunker That Plays Records Now https://qualla.com/raf-wrexham/ Photo credit RAF Photo Reconnaissance Unit, Public domain. The RAF left in 1945. The airfield went onto care and maintenance, was sold to United Gravel Company in 1959, and from the 1970s onwards has been progressively swallowed by Tarmac's quarrying operations. As late as 2004, sections of original runway surface and paint were still vi...

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