Royal Air Force Merston or more simply RAF Merston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in West Sussex, England. RAF Merston was built In...
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open to visitors. Nearby was RAF Merston, a World War II airfield. The airfield was in use from 1939 to 1945. "GENUKI: Merston, Sussex". Retrieved 16 June...
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April 1944 – RAF Horne 19 June 1944 – RAF Westhampnett 27 June 1944 – RAF Merston 9 August 1944 – RAF Westhampnett 25 August 1944 – RAF Coltishall 4 April...
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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...
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Squadron RAF., from RAF Merston 16 December 1941, to RAF Merston 1 April 1942; operating Supermarine Spitfire Vb No. 43 Squadron RAF No. 65 Squadron RAF (1941)...
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights (redirect from No. 403 (Fleet Fighter) Flight RAF)
Matlaske (1941) became No. 278 Squadron RAF Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Merston/Westhampnett (1941) Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Pembrey/Fairwood Common (1941) became...
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402 Squadron (redirect from No. 402 Squadron RAF)
airfield at Horne, Westhampnett (now Chichester/Goodwood Airport) and RAF Merston. For Operation Overlord (the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944)...
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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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Bognor No. 134 Wing RAF at RAF Appledram No. 135 Wing RAF at RAF Selsey No. 145 Wing RAF at RAF Merston Its last Air Officer Commanding was Air Vice Marshal...
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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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Royal Air Force Tangmere or more simply RAF Tangmere is a former Royal Air Force station located in Tangmere, England, famous for its role in the Battle...
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February 1942 – 19 May 1942 RAF Atcham (AAF-342), England, 11 June 1942 RAF Biggin Hill (AAF-343), England, 1 August 1942 RAF Merston (AAF-351), England, 24...
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on 11 October 1943 for similar operations over Brittany, returning to RAF Merston on 14 April 1944 to join No. 145 Wing. Pierre Clostermann experienced...
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List of wings of the Royal Air Force (redirect from No. 72 (Bomber) Wing RAF)
Stations: RAF Waddington – 34 EAW (ISTAR) RAF Brize Norton – 38 EAW (Air Transport) RAF Coningsby – 121 EAW (Fighter) RAF Leeming – 135 EAW RAF Marham –...
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RAF Hunmanby Moor, (also known as RAF Filey), was a Royal Air Force training camp during the Second World War in Hunmanby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England...
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Force from 1941 to 1946. The squadron was formed at RAF Croydon on 19 November 1941 from No. 11 Group RAFs Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Flight. The squadron...
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Aviation Museum. Retrieved 25 September 2020. Ellis 2004, pp. 215-216. "Merston Hall". Tangmere Military Aviation Museum. Retrieved 28 July 2020. "Hawker...
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Royal Air Force (RAF), currently operating as the Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) for the RAF's Typhoon, presently based at RAF Coningsby in the English...
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1915 – 2 January 1988) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was officially credited with destroying...
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