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- 6296577 comment "Royal Marines Base Chivenor (ICAO: EGDC) is a British military base used primarily by the Royal Marines (RM). It is situated on the northern shore of the River Taw estuary, adjacent to the South West Coast Path, on the north coast of Devon, England. The nearest towns are Barnstaple and Braunton." external.
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- 6296577 abstract "Royal Marines Base Chivenor (ICAO: EGDC) is a British military base used primarily by the Royal Marines (RM). It is situated on the northern shore of the River Taw estuary, adjacent to the South West Coast Path, on the north coast of Devon, England. The nearest towns are Barnstaple and Braunton. Originally a civil airfield opened in the 1930s, the site was taken over by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in May 1940 for use as a Coastal Command Station, and was known as RAF Chivenor. After WWII, the station was largely used for training, particularly weapons training. During the 1950s and 1960s, No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit (229 OCU) used Hawker Hunter aircraft for training. In 1974 the station was left on "care and maintenance", though No. 624 Volunteer Gliding Squadron (624 VGS) continued to fly from there. The RAF returned, formimg 2 Tactical Weapons Unit (2 TWU), flying BAE Hawks, from 1979. In 1994, 2 TWU left Chivenor, merging with No. 4 Flying Training School RAF (4 FTS) at RAF Valley, and the airfield was handed over to the RM. The Marines have an existing equipment testing base at Arromanches Camp, in Instow, located across the Taw Estuary and approximately two miles from Chivenor. No. 22 Squadron RAF (22 Sqn) operated a Search and Rescue (SAR) flight at Chivenor from 1956, flying Westland Whirlwind, Westland Wessex and Westland Sea King Helicopters. In a spending review that was announced over the summer of 2004, the presence of 22 Squadron at Chivenor was under review. After the flooding at Boscastle, this threat was rescinded. "A" flight of 22 Sqn was disbanded in Oct 2015, with the SAR role being assumed by HM Coastguard." external.
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