RAF Upottery

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1944 — 1948

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C-47 Skytrain (Dakota) at Upottery airfield - geograph.org.uk - 536498

Control tower at Upottery airfield near Smeatharpe - geograph.org.uk - 496825

Entrance to the former RAF Upottery airfield - geograph.org.uk - 1185469

NW-SE runway at Upottery airfield - geograph.org.uk - 496835

Upottery-22apr44

Upottery, by Smeatharpe Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 173834

Upottery, turning hay at Smeatharpe - geograph.org.uk - 178668

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
base	1943	Dunkeswell Aerodrome	airport, air base		Wikidata
base	1794	Higher Barracks	residential building, barracks		Wikidata
base	1879	Jellalabad Barracks, Taunton	military base		Wikidata
base	1941	RAF Culmhead	Royal Air Force station, air base		Wikidata
base	1942	RAF Merryfield	Royal Air Force station, air base		Wikidata
base	1943	RAF Upottery	Royal Air Force station, air base		Wikidata
base	1926	RAF Weston Zoyland	Royal Air Force station, air base		Wikidata
base	1971	RNAS Merryfield	air base		Wikidata
base	1800	Wyvern Barracks	barracks		Wikidata
bunker		Exeter Borough Control	Exeter City Council, civil defense center		Wikidata
bunker		Exeter Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Royal Observer Corps, bunker		Wikidata
castle		Bickleigh Castle	English country house, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Dunster Castle	historic house museum, motte-and-bailey castle, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Powderham Castle	historic house museum, independent museum, English country house, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Stogursey Castle	castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	1129	Taunton Castle	history museum, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	1100	Tiverton Castle	independent museum, English country house, historic house museum, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Exmouth Danish Fort	fort		Wikidata
museum	1974	Somerset Military Museum	military museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
image	1944	91tcs-c471			Wikimedia
image	1944	91tcs-c472			Wikimedia
image	1944	94tcs-c471			Wikimedia
image	2007	C-47 Skytrain (Dakota) at Upottery airfield - geograph.org.uk - 536498			Wikimedia
image	2006	Control tower at Upottery airfield near Smeatharpe - geograph.org.uk - 496825			Wikimedia
image	2009	Entrance to the former RAF Upottery airfield - geograph.org.uk - 1185469			Wikimedia
image	2006	NW-SE runway at Upottery airfield - geograph.org.uk - 496835			Wikimedia
image	1944	Upottery-22apr44			Wikimedia
image	2006	Upottery, by Smeatharpe Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 173834			Wikimedia
image	2006	Upottery, turning hay at Smeatharpe - geograph.org.uk - 178668			Wikimedia