What is RAF Down Ampney?
{{Infobox airport | name =RAF Down Ampney | nativename =[[File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg|90px]] | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = RAF Down Ampney - 4 Dec 1943 Airphoto.jpg | image-width = 275px | caption = Aerial photograph of Down Ampney airfield, 4 December 1943. The bomb dump is to the right (east) of the airfield, the technical site and barrack sites are to the left. | IATA = | ICAO = | owner = [[Air Ministry]] | operator = [[Royal Air Force]] | location = [[Down Ampney]], [[Gloucestershire]] | hub = | built = 1943 | used = 1944-1947 | commander = <!-- military airports --> | occupants = <!-- military airports --> | elevation-f = 270 | elevation-m ={{Convert|270|ft|disp=output number only|0}} | website = | coordinates = {{coord|51|40|01|N|01|50|22|W|type:airport_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Gloucestershire | pushpin_label = RAF Down Ampney | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gloucestershire |r1-number = 03/21 |r1-length-f = 6,000 |r1-length-m = {{Convert|6000|ft|disp=output number only|0}} |r1-surface = [[Asphalt]] |r2-number = 09/27 |r2-length-f = 4,200 |r2-length-m = {{Convert|4200|ft|disp=output number only|0}} |r2-surface = Asphalt |r3-number = 15/33 |r3-length-f = 4,200 |r3-length-m = {{Convert|4200|ft|disp=output number only|0}} |r3-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = | stat1-header = | stat1-data = <!-- up to stat4 --> | footnotes = }} '''RAF Down Ampney''' was a [[Royal Air Force]] station. It was near [[Cricklade]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]]. Down Ampney was built in February 1944 and it was closed down in February 1947. It was used during [[World War II]]. The [[airfield]] was part of a group of three airfields. The other two were [[RAF Broadwell]] and [[RAF Blakehill Farm]]. The job of these three airfields was to transport (move) things by air. ==Runways== *03/21 = {{Convert|6000|x|150|ft|abbr=on|0}} *09/27 = {{Convert|420