Royal Air Force Sumburgh or more simply RAF Sumburgh is a former Royal Air Force satellite station that was located on the southern tip of the mainland...
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essential. This was taken up by the RAF after the obvious success of the Hatston experiment. The former RAF Sumburgh airfield had three runways, two of...
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Boulmer RAF Lossiemouth DST Leconfield Lee-on-Solent Portland Stornoway Airport Sumburgh Airport The RAF SAR Force headquarters was situated at RAF Valley...
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crews if any of the bombers ran short of fuel or suffered battle damage. RAF Sumburgh in Shetland was selected as the emergency airfield for the return journey...
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fighter aircraft RAF Skitten No. 260 Squadron RAF operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft RAF Sumburgh No. 213 Squadron RAF (Flt) operated...
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Oldenburg in Germany. It was intercepted by RAF Hawker Hurricane fighters from 3 Squadron, based at RAF Sumburgh; both of the aircraft's engines were damaged...
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List of former Royal Air Force stations (redirect from List of former RAF stations)
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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Rosehearty R RAF St Cyrus R RAF Schoolhill R RAF Shotton R RAF Skeabrae A RAF Sumburgh A RAF Thrumster R RAF Turnhouse A RAF Usworth A RAF Wick A As well...
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights (redirect from No. 403 (Fleet Fighter) Flight RAF)
became Fighter Flight RAF, Sumburgh Fighter Flight RAF, Sumburgh (1940) became No. 247 Squadron RAF Fighter Pilots Practice Flight RAF, Blida (1943) became...
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Royal Air Force Castletown or more simply RAF Castletown, is a former Royal Air Force station that operated during the Second World War. Built near to...
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Battle of Britain, the defence of the UK's airspace was divided up within RAF Fighter Command into four Groups, each comprising several airfields and squadrons...
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the naming tradition of the Royal Air Force, whereby the prefix RCAF (vs. RAF) was affixed. High River Vancouver Winnipeg Dartmouth Camp Borden Ottawa...
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and was working up and training. On 5 November 1941 it moved north to RAF Sumburgh after reports that Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine Bismarck-class battleship...
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October 1942 the squadron was based at RAF Zeals in Wiltshire. It moved to RAF Sumburgh in the Shetland Isles in April 1943 to provide fighter cover for the...
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squadron moved to Scotland, firstly on 28 June to RAF Sumburgh "A" in Shetland, and shortly thereafter to RAF Peterhead "B" in Aberdeenshire. The squadron...
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Most units of the Royal Air Force (RAF) are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron code. Usually, that code...
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January 1919 at Felixtowe. Reformed from 'B' Flight of No. 3 Squadron RAF at RAF Sumburgh on 17 July 1940 as a Hawker Hurricane unit, it remained in Scotland...
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RAF Dyce, Aberdeen and RAF Montrose, and returning to Coastal Command control on 20 June. The squadron moved to RAF Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands...
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Two de Havilland Mosquito meteorological aircraft were stationed at RAF Sumburgh from 4 November, from where they conducted daily sorties to monitor weather...
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normally based at RAF Sumburgh and RAF Castleton. A-Flight of No. 20 OTU, equipped with the Vickers Wellington medium-bomber, began using RAF Elgin for training...
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No. 455 Squadron RAAF (redirect from No. 455 Squadron RAF)
operation. Following the completion of this task the squadron returned to RAF Sumburgh in October, where they received replacement aircraft. No. 455 Squadron...
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transferred to Orkney, flying at first from RAF Grimsetter with a detachment at RAF Sumburgh, and later from RAF Skeabrae." Six months later the squadron...
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Royal Air Force Kaldadarnes or more simply RAF Kaldadarnes is a former Royal Air Force station at Kaldaðarnes, near the town of Selfoss, Iceland. The...
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Orkney HMS Wagtail, Heathfield, Ayr, South Ayrshire RAF Benbecula RAF Kirknewton RAF Lossiemouth RAF Tain Previously within the British Army, the Scottish...
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the squadron operated a detachment at RAF Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands. No. 125 Squadron moved north to RAF Valley on 14 November 1943 in order to...
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existence as a bomber, fighter and reconnaissance unit and was the only RAF squadron to be equipped with the unsuccessful Blackburn Botha torpedo bomber...
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order of battle of RAF Coastal Command throughout the Second World War in the European Theatre of World War II. No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command...
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Hampden AE436, of No. 144 Squadron RAF crashes on the remote Tsatsa Mountain in Sweden while en route from RAF Sumburgh in the Shetland Isles to Afrikanda...
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Kirkwall Airport (redirect from RAF Grimsetter)
following RAF units were here at some point: No. 129 Squadron RAF (1942–43) No. 132 Squadron RAF (1942) No. 234 Squadron RAF (1943) No. 2704 Squadron RAF Regiment...
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Aberdeen Airport (redirect from RAF Dyce)
passenger terminal, used only for specific oil company charter flights to Sumburgh in Shetland. The airport opened on 28 July 1934 as Dyce Aerodrome. It was...
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