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It was located in a flat, damp wooded area.\n\n\n== History ==\n\n\n=== Second World War usage ===\nIntended as RAF Westcott's satellite, the land at Field Farm had been requisitioned by the War Office, and the airfield built.  RAF Oakley was ready before its parent station so, when it opened on 27 May 1942, it became RAF Bicester's second satellite.  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