opportunity of sitting in a Wapiti for a small fee. When Usworth opened its gates to the public on the RAF's Empire Air Day in May 1936, the flying display of...

studio. The North East Land, Sea and Air Museums is just north of the old RAF Usworth base. The Nissan plant takes up much of the rest. The municipal airport...

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...

Training Unit RAF Hurricanes from RAF Usworth until No. 55 OTU moved to RAF Annan at the end of April 1942. The Spitfires of No. 242 Squadron RAF were at Ouston...

Rosehearty R RAF St Cyrus R RAF Schoolhill R RAF Shotton R RAF Skeabrae A RAF Sumburgh A RAF Thrumster R RAF Turnhouse A RAF Usworth A RAF Wick A As well...

Wear, in North East England. It was built on the site of the former RAF Usworth airfield near the A19 and A1231. The factory is adjacent to the UK Nissan...

1 Squadron RAF Regiment No. II Squadron RAF Regiment No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment (C-UAS) No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment No...

"History of Usworth Aerodrome". Retrieved 27 November 2015. Midland Air Museum (27 November 2015). "Explore our Exhibits". CBC (14 June 2013). "RAF Vulcan...

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

is a volunteer-run aviation museum situated on the site of the former RAF Usworth/Sunderland Airport, between Washington and Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear...

flying biplane Hawker Hind bombers. The Squadron was then posted to RAF Usworth in County Durham. In July 1938 103 Squadron was re-equipped with the...

at RAF Heston to train single-seat fighter pilots. No. 62 Operational Training Unit RAF (62 OTU) 62 OTU was formed in August 1942 at RAF Usworth to train...

the RAF Fighter Command order of battle at 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain. RAF Fighter Command Headquarters was located at RAF Bentley...

was posted to RAF Usworth in Sunderland, flying Hawker Hurricane. In July 1941 one pilot was lost flying a Hurricane from RAF Usworth in Sunderland....

OTU) at RAF Usworth. Cunningham managed to persuade the CAS to deploy him to headquarters at No. 81 Group RAF, the training organisation for RAF Fighter...

and the Militia and Volunteers of County Durham. RAF Greatham, RAF Middleton St George and RAF Usworth were located in County Durham. David I, the King...

607 Squadron was formed on 17 March 1930 at the then new airfield of RAF Usworth, County Durham as a day bomber unit of the Auxiliary Air Force (AuxAF)...

Battle of Britain, the defence of the UK's airspace was divided up within RAF Fighter Command into four Groups, each comprising several airfields and squadrons...

Air Squadron – Chipmunk RAF Sywell No. 4 Basic Flying Training School RAF – Chipmunk RAF Usworth No. 23 Reserve Flying School RAF – Chipmunk & Anson Durham...

further detachments and these were deployed at RAF Llanbedr, RAF Millom, RAF Usworth and RAF Waltham. In April 1945, the Woodvale detachment was reabsorbed...

RAF Usworth No. 608 Squadron RAF from 1930 to 1937 at RAF Thornaby All built by Westland at Yeovil Wapiti I – Initial production version for the RAF. Wooden...

and at RAF Usworth (23 RFS) in February 1949. In April 1951, Airwork also assumed responsibility of No.2 Basic Air Navigation School at Usworth. Approximately...

transferred out at the end of the Second World War, eventually moving on to RAF Usworth in 1949. Woolsington's main wartime role was as the base of No. 83 Maintenance...

in the north-east: at RAF Thornaby an Air Ministry design was built (later to be known as the Bellman hangar) and at RAF Usworth a Callender Cable & Construction...

training unit flying the Sopwith Pup and Bristol F.2 fighters, based at RAF Usworth near Sunderland. From January 1919 until March 1919 he commanded No....

10 February A Hawker Hurricane Mk.I, P3664, of No. 55 OTU, based at RAF Usworth, crashes in bad weather in an orchard opposite the High Marley Hill Radio...

included RAF Signals Command, which was later reduced to group status and incorporated into RAF Strike Command. Nos 26 and No. 60 Group RAF were established...

at RAF Hucknall. Equipped with Auster aircraft, the squadron was based at: RAF Hucknall (1970 (Reserve) AOP Flight) RAF Ouston (later at RAF Usworth 1965...

 103. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 224. Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6. Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007)...

Royal Air Force. Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight RAF (1931–36) became Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight, Indian Air Force...