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RAF Towyn, a Common card
Royal Air Force Towyn, or more simply RAF Towyn, is a former Royal Air Force airfield located 10.3 miles west of Machynlleth, Powys and 12.2 miles north of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,200
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
RAF Towyn quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the RAF Towyn card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Airfield personnel also supported the ______ services when air accidents occurred in north west Wales.
Answer
emergency. Airfield personnel also supported the emergency services when air accidents occurred in north west Wales. From the RAF Towyn article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was home to two flights which formed into a single squadron, but in May ____ the squadron moved to RAF Llandbedr and RAF Towyn was transferred to No. 22 Group RAF in RAF Technical Training Command.
Answer
1940s. It was home to two flights which formed into a single squadron, but in May 1945 the squadron moved to RAF Llandbedr and RAF Towyn was transferred to No. 22 Group RAF in RAF Technical Training Command. From the RAF Towyn article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Parke's Castle. Parke's Castle 3,900 · USS Yancey 2,500 · Wilhelm D. Styer 1,900 · RAF Towyn 1,200 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Situated along the northern outskirts of Tywyn and within the southern area of Aber Dysynni, it opened for RAF Army Cooperation Command in 1940 as an air-cooperation base for the Royal Artillery Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp at Tonfanau.
- It was home to two flights which formed into a single squadron, but in May 1945 the squadron moved to RAF Llandbedr and RAF Towyn was transferred to No. 22 Group RAF in RAF Technical Training Command.
- Airfield personnel also supported the emergency services when air accidents occurred in north west Wales.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The RAF Towyn article was read about 1,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get RAF Towyn
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, RAF Towyn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
