Royal Air Force Northolt or more simply RAF Northolt (IATA: NHT, ICAO: EGWU) is a Royal Air Force station in South Ruislip, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2...
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battle had begun. No. 303 Squadron RAF was formed in July 1940 in Blackpool, England before deployment to RAF Northolt on 2 August as part of an agreement...
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early RAF airfields were named after the nearest railway station; in this case Northolt Junction, (now South Ruislip), so it became RAF Northolt. WW1 also...
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Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
stations: RAF Coningsby, RAF Marham and RAF Lossiemouth (Air Combat) RAF Waddington (ISTAR) RAF Brize Norton and RAF Northolt (Air Transport) RAF Benson...
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area. Many of its remaining military units were relocated to nearby RAF Northolt the following day. Plans for redevelopment, consisting of a mixture of...
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Air Force (RAF). No.32 is a current flying squadron which operates in the VIP and general air transport roles. It is based at RAF Northolt in Greater...
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The Royal Air Force station, RAF Northolt, is situated in South Ruislip near the A40 and the tube station. Most early RAF airfields were named after the...
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operations on 30 May 2008, with all units relocating to new accommodation at RAF Northolt, a few miles away. The station incorporated Bentley Priory, which was...
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to London's RAF Northolt. The Avro York of the 99 Squadron, with serial number MW248, was on a flight from RAF Luqa in Malta to RAF Northolt. The aircraft...
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Team (RAF Lossiemouth) RAF Valley Mountain Rescue Team (RAF Valley) RAF Music Services (RAF Northolt) Headquarters RAF Music Services Band of the RAF College...
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Structure of the Royal Air Force (redirect from Structure of the RAF)
Team (RAF Lossiemouth) RAF Valley Mountain Rescue Team (RAF Valley) RAF Music Services (RAF Northolt) Headquarters RAF Music Services Band of the RAF College...
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to RAF Northolt, the station was used by the United States Air Force's Third Air Force from 1949 until 1972, when the headquarters were moved to RAF Mildenhall...
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List of Royal Air Force stations (redirect from RAF Bases)
June 2017. "RAF Northolt – Who is based here?". RAF.MoD.uk. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 24 June 2017. "RAF Odiham - Stn Organisation". RAF.MoD.uk. Royal...
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(based at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire) 51 Squadron (based at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray) 63 Squadron (King's Colour Squadron) (based at RAF Northolt, Middlesex)...
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Samaritan operated by the United States Air Force on a flight from Munich to RAF Northolt crashed shortly after take-off from Munich-Riem Airport, due to fuel...
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List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force (redirect from List of RAF Aircraft)
Service. This is a list of RAF aircraft, including all currently active and retired types listed in alphabetic order by their RAF type name. For just those...
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Barbados. RAF Gatow was also used as a civilian airport for a limited time. In 1946, British European Airways (BEA) inaugurated an RAF Northolt – Hamburg...
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royal family, two Westland Wapitis, were delivered to No. 24 Squadron at RAF Northolt in April 1928. Although the Royal Air Force maintained at least one of...
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the London boroughs, due to a combination of rural land in the north, RAF Northolt Aerodrome, and Heathrow Airport. The borough was created in 1965 under...
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Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (redirect from RAF C17)
ZZ177 carried the body of Queen Elizabeth II from Edinburgh Airport to RAF Northolt in London. She had been lying in state at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh...
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the Bearer Party and Guard of Honour when an RAF plane delivered Queen Elizabeth II's coffin to RAF Northolt at London from Scotland following her death...
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equipped with the Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.II – at RAF Northolt on 1 October 1942, It moved to RAF Heston later that month. As part of 11 Group, 515 Sqn...
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death rate in severe trauma by 30–40%. The helicopters are hangared at RAF Northolt, but operate during the day from their base at the Royal London Hospital...
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Royal Air Force Music Services (redirect from RAF music)
musical support to the Royal Air Force. Based at RAF Northolt (previously at RAF Uxbridge) and RAF Cranwell, it forms the central administration of one...
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and air transport requirements. The Wing also operated Detachment 1 at RAF Northolt supporting VIP operations outside of London. Since the early 1950s, the...
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squadron in January 1938. Still based at RAF Northolt at the outbreak of war, No. 111 (Fighter) Squadron relocated to RAF Acklington, Northumberland, in October...
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London, has no more fuel and will soon flame out. Alice redirects her to RAF Northolt, seven miles away, but before they can reach the airfield, the engines...
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Battle of Britain Day (section RAF forces)
squadrons from RAF Northolt, RAF Kenley and RAF Debden to stand by. At 11:20, he ordered RAF Hornchurch and RAF North Weald and No. 10 Group's RAF Middle Wallop...
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newspapers in June. Applications can be made in writing to SO3 RAF Ceremonial Events at RAF Northolt by former Battle of Britain aircrew, relatives of Battle...
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one of the country's older Royal Air Force stations, predated only by RAF Northolt, which is the oldest and predates the Royal Air Force by three years...
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