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RAF Calshot was initially a seaplane and flying boat station and latterly an RAF marine craft maintenance and training unit. It was located at the end of Calshot Spit in Southampton Water Hampshire England at grid reference SU487024. It was the main seaplane/flying boat development and training unit in the UK with the landing area sheltered by the mainland to the west north and east and the Isle of Wight a few miles away to the south on the other side of the Solent. It closed in 1961.
