Royal Air Force Chivenor, or more simply RAF Chivenor, (ICAO: EGDC) is a former Royal Air Force station located on the northern shore of the River Taw...

Royal Air Force (RAF) and was operational between May 1940 and 1995 when it was transferred to the Royal Marines. The name Chivenor is first attested...

RAF Chivenor in November 1945. No. 58 and No. 502 Sqns used the airfield to undertake anti-submarine patrols from February 1944, while based at RAF St...

at RAF Thornaby Vickers Warwick 3 September 1945 to 10 March 1946 - HQ at RAF Beccles HMS Gannet RNAS Culdrose RMB Chivenor Wattisham RAF Valley RAF Boulmer...

squadron operated within RAF Coastal Command from 24 October 1944. On its return to the UK, the squadron was based at RAF Chivenor and carried out anti-submarine...

Flight - RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk June 1956 - April 1974 - HQ at RAF St Mawgan, Cornwall Unknown Flight - RAF Chivenor, Devon Unknown Flight - RAF Felixstowe...

dropped 1,000-pound bombs on the ship. Afterwards RAF Hawker Hunter from RAF Chivenor dropped cans of jet fuel (kerosene), to fuel the blaze. However, the fire...

Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or more commonly RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a military airfield located on the western edge of the town of...

2007, p. 105. Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since...

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...

July 1991, the Squadron was reformed as No. 92 (Reserve) Squadron at RAF Chivenor flying the British Aerospace Hawk until October 1994. No. 92 Squadron...

multi-role aircraft RAF Chivenor No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF aircrew training for twin engine aircraft with various aircraft RAF Detling No....

Harrier GR5 RAF Brawdy No. 1 Tactical Weapons Unit RAF No. 79 (R) Squadron RAF — Hawk T1A No. 234 (R) Squadron RAF — Hawk T1A RAF Chivenor No. 2 Tactical...

Linton-on-Ouse. No. 77 Squadron RAF between 5 September 1941 and 6 May 1942 flying the Whitley V before moving to RAF Chivenor. No. 408 Squadron RCAF between...

Hunting/BAC Jet Provost T.3A and T.5A trainers. Its final iteration came at RAF Chivenor, Devon when 2 Tactical Weapons Unit was redesignated as 7 FTS with the...

Up. This operation saw repeated attacks by Hunters from Raynham and RAF Chivenor, along with aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, dropping aviation fuel and...

1948. However it shortly returned to existence on 11 February 1949 at RAF Chivenor when No. 691 Squadron was renumbered as No. 17 Squadron. The Squadron...

Unit RAF (5 (C)OTU) 5 OTU reformed on 1 August 1941 at RAF Chivenor as part of No. 17 Group Coastal Command. It was disbanded on 1 August 1945 at RAF Turnberry...

number was transferred to No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit. based at RAF Chivenor, North Devon, as the 'Shadow' designation for one of its constituent...

equipped with the Leigh Light. The squadron was formed on 4 April 1942 at RAF Chivenor from No. 1417 (Leigh Light) Flight, and was part of 19 Group, Coastal...

Mk VIII maritime reconnaissance-bombers. Formed on 8 January 1942 at RAF Chivenor 1417 (LLT) Flt was re-formed as No. 172 Squadron from 4 April 1942 onwards...

from the University of Leicester. After his RAF training, he was based at RAF Chivenor, RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Laarbruch. He became a staff pilot in 1987...

Squadron RAF 1940–1941 Bristol Blenheim. No. 248 Squadron RAF 1941 Bristol Blenheim. No. 252 Squadron RAF 1940 re-formed and moved to RAF Chivenor to operate...

more recent British acquisition, after the pilot landed at night at RAF Chivenor in the belief it was an airfield in France; the crew had made a navigational...

the naming tradition of the Royal Air Force, whereby the prefix RCAF (vs. RAF) was affixed. High River Vancouver Winnipeg Dartmouth Camp Borden Ottawa...

Most units of the Royal Air Force (RAF) are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron code. Usually, that code...

August 1945. No. 5 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF formed on 1 August 1941 at RAF Chivenor, located on the northern shore of the River Taw estuary...

This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...

firstly to RAF Chivenor, then to RAF Brawdy. When RAF Brawdy was decommissioned as an RAF base and handed over to the army, JFACTSU moved to RAF Finningley...

anti-submarine patrols, based at RAF Chivenor. In October 1942, the squadron converted to Halifaxes at RAF Elvington, moving to RAF Full Sutton in May 1944. On...