Royal Air Force Syerston, commonly known simply as RAF Syerston (ICAO: EGXY), is a Royal Air Force station in the parish of Flintham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire...
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Syerston is a small civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about six miles south-west of Newark-on-Trent, and is bisected by the A46 trunk road. It contained...
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On 20 September 1958, during an air show at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, a prototype Avro Vulcan bomber crashed. All four crew on board and three people...
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Leeming Lossiemouth Marham Mona Northolt Odiham Shawbury St. Mawgan Swanwick Syerston Ternhill Topcliffe Trimingham Valley Waddington WOTG Wittering Woodvale...
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Flying Training School, which was newly reformed for this purpose at RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire, within No. 22 (Training) Group of Air Command. The...
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to the Royal Air Force Air Cadets. Its headquarters is located at RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire and gliding takes places from several sites throughout...
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Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, England. ZA267 Tornado F2T on display at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, England. ZA319 Tornado GR1T on display at the Boscombe...
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Syerston is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains seven listed buildings that are recorded...
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Rolls-Royce Conway by-pass engine. It crashed at a flying display at RAF Syerston in September 1958. The second prototype, VX777, first flew on 3 September...
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basic and advanced helicopter training. No. 2 Flying Training School (RAF Syerston) – gliding training provided by Volunteer Gliding Squadrons based at airfields...
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Instructor) qualification at RAF Syerston and are then able to deliver the Gliding Scholarship syllabus. "Royal Air Force Syerston". Royal Air Force. Archived...
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No. 5 Group. On 30 September the squadron moved from Coningsby to RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire. They expected this move to be only temporary while...
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School 644 Gliding School 1 September 1955 RAF Spitalgate Unknown RAF Syerston RAF Newton 1984 644 Volunteer Gliding School 645 Gliding School 1 September...
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son of George Fillingham senior, he was born in August 1841 at Syerston Hall in Syerston, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Harrow School, where he played...
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follows the River Trent to near RAF Syerston, which is the most northern part of the district, although Syerston the village itself is in the Newark and...
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RAF Shawbury — vacant RAF Spadeadam — vacant RAF St Mawgan — vacant RAF Syerston — vacant RAF Valley — The Prince of Wales (styled Royal Honorary Air Commodore)...
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Kirkby (HQ) RAF Syerston (HQ) RAF Barkston Heath RAF Dunholme Lodge RAF Bardney RAF Metheringham RAF Spilsby RAF Balderton RAF Syerston RAF Fiskerton RAF...
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440 (RCAF) Sqn) I9 No. 575 Squadron RAF 575 Sqn IA Station Flight RAF Syerston IB Glider pick-up Training Flight RAF GPUT Flt IB No. 43 Group Communication...
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the operational control of HQ No. 2 Flying Training School RAF at RAF Syerston. It is now home to 621 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF and 637 Volunteer...
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Valetta C1 1953 Mediterranean Sea aircraft collision VX770 Avro Vulcan 1958 Syerston Avro Vulcan crash W4783 Avro Lancaster G for George WB491 Avro Ashton Avro...
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the Viper 102, and this entered service with No. 2 FTS, located at RAF Syerston, during June 1959, when deliveries commenced from the Hunting Aircraft...
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Squadron 2727 Squadron RAF Regiment February 1942 - February 1946 RAF Syerston, RAF Eastbourne RAF Bradwell Bay, RAF Friston, RAF Henlow, RAF Stapleford...
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Aerodrome Public 530 1,739 Concrete Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire EGXY RAF Syerston Military 1,827 5,994 Asphalt Retford Nottinghamshire EGNE Retford Gamston...
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Owthorpe Scarrington Screveton Shelton Sibthorpe Staunton in the Vale Sutton Syerston Thoroton Tithby Upper Broughton Whatton-in-the-Vale Barkestone-le-Vale...
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raid on Mönchengladbach. In September he was posted to 61 Squadron at RAF Syerston, Newark, to commence Lancaster bombing operations, and flew seven sorties...
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Middle 1st: Ollerton parish church and Rufford Abbey Middle 2nd: RAF Syerston at Syerston and Newark on Trent market place with the parish church and spire...
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Conway installation and was returning from a test flight via Syerston. See 1958 Syerston Avro Vulcan crash for more details. September 5 – Canadian International...
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Vigilant was also used by the Royal Air Force Central Gliding School, at RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire, which trains VGS instructors as well as providing standards...
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British test pilot. He trained at RAF South Cerney in Gloucestershire, RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire and completed it at RAF Valley in Anglesey North Wales...
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forcing training to take place at Winthorpe, with crews flying out to RAF Syerston and RAF Newton to be loaded with their bombs. On 14 July 1941, both 300...
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