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    Royal Air Force Angle or more commonly RAF Angle, is a former Royal Air Force station located on the Angle Peninsula Coast, 8 miles (13 km) west of Pembroke...
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    on to RAF Colerne in June. RAF Fairwood Common and RAF Angle had taken over the air defence of the South Wales area by the middle of 1941 and RAF Pembrey...
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    1942 - April 1943) RAF Dale (April 1943 - September 1943) RAF Angle (September 1943 - January 1945) Air-Sea Warfare Development Unit RAF Thorney Island (January...
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  • between May and September in 1943. Either side of those dates it was RAF Angle, a Royal Air Force station. RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest) was a Fleet Air...
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    rich in Second World War defences and the site of the former air base RAF Angle. The hollows in the banks around it were used to house machine guns in...
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    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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    relocated to RAF Angle. It was equipped with Hawker Hurricane I aircraft. No. 5 Coastal Patrol Flight (No 5 CPF) was formed on the 1 March 1940 at RAF Carew...
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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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    original partner nations. A training and evaluation unit operating from RAF Cottesmore, the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, maintained a...
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    airfield RAF Angle became part of the sector. On 23 January 1942, No. 615 Squadron (County of Surrey) Auxiliary Air Force, arrived from RAF Angle, equipped...
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    and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft used previously by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and, between 2006 and 2010, the Royal Navy (RN). The aircraft was the latest...
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    production model, the Tornado F2, entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1986. The Tornado F2, which was only produced in small numbers, lacked...
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    a target and to hit at a set angle. No. II (AC) Squadron became the fifth RAF Typhoon squadron on 12 January 2015 at RAF Lossiemouth. In July 2015, it...
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    Allen-Mirehouse of Angle formerly served as Pembrokeshire County Council Deputy Leader. During World War II, RAF Angle was located on the Angle Peninsula Coast...
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  • Group and flew its mission from RAF Warmwell, RAF Fairwood Common, RAF Bolt Head, RAF Ibsley, RAF Angle, RAF Zeals and RAF Charmy Down. In January 1943 the...
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    beach to the west, and the site of the former Royal Air Force station, RAF Angle, to the north west. The training area is located within the Pembrokeshire...
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    Dihedral angle is the upward angle from horizontal of the wings or tailplane of a fixed-wing aircraft. "Anhedral angle" is the name given to negative...
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    after that service's amalgamation with the Royal Flying Corps to form the RAF. It flew Sopwith Babies and Felixstowe F3s from Otranto reconnoitring for...
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    The "V bombers" were the Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s that comprised the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear strike force...
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    the first part of 1942 in Wales. It moved to RAF Fairwood Common in Glamorgan on 1 January, then to RAF Angle in Pembrokeshire on 20 February, and then returned...
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    the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack exceeds its critical value. The critical angle of attack is typically about 15°, but it may...
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    and Angle airfields, the Coastal Command Development Unit (CCDU) moved to Angle. No. 303 Ferry Training Unit RAF arrived from RAF Dale's parent, RAF Talbenny...
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    Squadron RAF No. 17 Squadron RAF No. 24 Squadron RAF No. 29 Squadron RAF No. 30 Squadron RAF No. 32 Squadron RAF No. 40 Squadron RAF No. 41 Squadron RAF No...
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    Wash, in Lincolnshire, eastern England. It was originally associated with RAF Sutton Bridge, but in the 1950s was named Royal Air Force Holbeach before...
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    Auxiliary Air Force between 1937 and 1957. No. 615 squadron was formed at RAF Kenley as part of the Auxiliary Air Force on 1 June 1937 and was initially...
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    the German air fleets (Luftflotten) were ordered to attack London, to draw RAF Fighter Command into a battle of annihilation. Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall...
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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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    ground fire. Again, the angle of dive in these attacks was not recorded. Beginning on 18 June 1918, the Royal Air Force (RAF), successor to the RFC, ordered...
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  • measured from the tip of the jaw to the end of the handle. Angle cut has the cutter head angled for easier insertion. Typical angling is 25 to 35 degrees...
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    technology. When the Canberra was introduced to service with the Royal Air Force (RAF), the type's first operator, in May 1951, it became the service's first jet-powered...
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