Force Bottisham or more simply RAF Bottisham is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8 km) east of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. RAF Bottisham...
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minesweeper that was named after the village RAF Bottisham, a World War II airfield for the RAF in the 1940s Bottisham and Lode railway station, a disused railway...
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This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with...
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Royal Air Force Wattisham or more simply RAF Wattisham (ICAO: EGUW) was, between 1939 and 1993, the name of a Royal Air Force station located in East...
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RAF – Tomahawk I/II – RAF Bottisham No. 2 Squadron RAF – Tomahawk I/II RAF Sawbridgeworth No. 268 Squadron RAF – Tomahawk I/II – RAF Snailwell No. 35 Wing...
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361st Fighter Group (as a major) in February 1943. The group moved to RAF Bottisham in November of 1943. He was promoted to colonel in March 1944. He was...
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RAF Debden 56th Fighter Group, RAF Boxted (P-47D Thunderbolt) 355th Fighter Group, RAF Steeple Morden 361st Fighter Group, RAF Bottisham then RAF Little...
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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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Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington (IATA: BEQ, ICAO: EGXH) is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi (9.7 km) south of Thetford near...
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left one day later, going to RAF Bottisham. RAF Cheddington opened in March 1942 as the early satellite station to RAF Wing, but this was soon replaced...
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missions during the airborne assault across the Rhine. The unit returned to RAF Little Walden and flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945. Demobilized...
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Royal Air Force Molesworth or more simply RAF Molesworth is a Royal Air Force station located near Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, England with a history...
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Squadron RAF which started using RAF Firbeck from 15 September 1942 flying the Taylorcraft Auster Plus C2 and the Auster I before moving to RAF Bottisham on...
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Base, Virginia, 30 September – 11 November 1943 RAF Bottisham (AAF-374), England, 30 November 1943 RAF Little Walden (AAF-165), England, ca. 28 September...
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Royal Air Force Burtonwood (or RAF Burtonwood) is a former Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces base that was located in Burtonwood, 2 miles...
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Gransden Lodge Airfield (redirect from RAF Gransden Lodge)
1418 Flight RAF No. 1474 (Special Duties) Flight RAF No. 1507 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF No. 1696 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight RAF Pathfinder...
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Squadron of the 361st Fighter Group, which was stationed at RAF Bottisham and later at RAF Little Walden. During his tour with the 361st Fighter Group...
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No. 652 Squadron AAC (redirect from No. 652 Squadron RAF)
Squadron RAF, a unit of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and afterwards in Germany. Numbers 651 to 663 Squadrons of the RAF were air observation...
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1945. This P-51B was previously assigned to the 361st Fighter Group at RAF Bottisham and was a replacement for a low-hour P-51 reassigned from the group...
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1943, the group was deployed to England, where it was stationed at RAF Bottisham and received the P-47 Thunderbolts. The 361st FG began flying combat...
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Royal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England, that for many years was used by...
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The group arrived at the Firth of Clyde on 29 November and moved to RAF Bottisham, England the following day. It would be the last P-47 Thunderbolt group...
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Maurice Mounsdon (section Service in the RAF)
full flying" and so was posted as an instructor at RAF Bottisham and then as a flight commander at RAF Booker. When the war ended, he was posted to 8303...
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simply RAF Kirton in Lindsey is a former Royal Air Force station located 15 miles (24 km) north of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It's an RAF habit (inherited...
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assigned to the 376th Fighter Squadron of the 361st Fighter Group at RAF Bottisham in Cambridgeshire, England. Initially flying the P-47 Thunderbolts,...
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Royal Air Force High Wycombe or more simply RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in...
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Royal Air Force Debden or more simply RAF Debden is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Saffron Walden and approximately...
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Royal Air Force Bovingdon or more simply RAF Bovingdon is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England...
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Royal Air Force Aldermaston, or more simply RAF Aldermaston, is a former Royal Air Force station located 8 miles (13 km) east of Newbury, Berkshire and...
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42-7040. This P-51B was previously assigned to the 361st Fighter Group at RAF Bottisham and was a replacement for low-hour P-51s reassigned from the group....
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