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Royal Air Force Manston or more simply RAF Manston is a former Royal Air Force station located in the north-east of Kent, at grid reference TR334663 on the Isle of Thanet from 1916 until 1996. The site was split between a commercial airport Kent International Airport (KIA), since closed, and a continuing military use by the Defence Fire Training and…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAF Manston | Battles/wars | First World War European theatre of World War II Cold War | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Built | 1916 (1916) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Built by | John Laing & Son Ltd | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Code | MQ | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Condition | Closed | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1939–194? * No. 11 Group RAF RAF Transport Command 194?-1950 | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Coordinates | .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars… | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Elevation | 46 metres (151 ft) AMSL | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Fate | Airfield amalgamated with Kent International Airport. | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Fate | Remainder of site retained by the MOD as the Fire Service Central Training Establishment which subsequently became the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre. | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Grid reference | TR333662 | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | In use | 1916–1999 (1999) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Operator | Royal Naval Air Service (1916–1918) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Operator | Royal Air Force (1918–1952) and (1958–1999) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Operator | United States Air Force (1952–1958) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Owner | Ministry of Defence (MoD) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Runways | Runways Direction Length and surface 10/28 2,752 metres (9,029 ft) Asphalt | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | Type | Royal Air Force station | 1.00 | infobox |
| RAF Manston | is a | former Royal Air Force station located in the north-east of Kent | 0.90 | text |
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