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    Royal Air Force Raydon or more simply RAF Raydon is a former Royal Air Force station located just to the northeast of the village of Raydon, about 6 miles...
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    Raydon is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles south-east of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also...
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    Mustang-equipped 357th Fighter Group from Raydon to the Eighth Air Force. The 357th Fighter Group, arrived at Leiston from RAF Raydon on 31 January 1944, replacing...
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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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  • Fighter Squadron RAF Raydon P-51K Inactivated on 18 October 1945 - redesignated as the 157th Fighter Squadron 351st Fighter Squadron RAF Raydon P-51K Inactivated...
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    Group, RAF Wormingford 78th Fighter Group, RAF Duxford 339th Fighter Group, RAF Fowlmere 353d Fighter Group, RAF Raydon 357th Fighter Group, RAF Leiston...
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    and dive-bombed targets in France. On 12 April 1944 the 353rd moved to RAF Raydon. With the departure of the P-47's of the 353d, a Consolidated B-24 Liberators...
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    Royal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England, that for many years was used by...
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    Airfield, Wyoming, 7 October – 9 November 1943 RAF Raydon (USAAF Station 157), England, 30 November 1943 RAF Leiston (USAAF Station 373), England, 31 January...
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    War II for a nearby United States Army Air Forces base, later known as RAF Raydon. The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with...
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    World War, the village was frequented by American airmen from nearby RAF Raydon. Men from the village were involved in two local Auxiliary Units, Wenham...
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    RAF Goxhill (AAF-345), England, 20 October 1943 RAF Leiston (AAF-373), England, 29 November 1943 RAF Raydon (AAF-157), England, 31 January 1944 RAF High...
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    Royal Air Force Molesworth or more simply RAF Molesworth is a Royal Air Force station located near Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, England with a history...
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    Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately 3 mi (5 km) north...
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    1943 RAF Goxhill (Station 345), England, United Kingdom, 20 October 1943 RAF Leiston (Station 373), England, United Kingdom, 4 December 1943 RAF Raydon (Station...
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    Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington (IATA: BEQ, ICAO: EGXH) is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi (9.7 km) south of Thetford near...
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    Royal Air Force Thorpe Abbotts or more simply RAF Thorpe Abbotts is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Diss, Norfolk, in...
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    Royal Air Force Hardwick or more simply RAF Hardwick is a former Royal Air Force station located between the Norfolk villages of Topcroft and Hardwick...
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    December 1943, the group was deployed to England, where it was stationed at RAF Raydon and received the P-51 Mustangs. The group was assigned to Ninth Air Force...
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    October 1942 – c. 27 May 1943 RAF Goxhill (AAF-345), England, June 1943 RAF Metfield (AAF-366), England, 3 August 1943 RAF Raydon (AAF-157), England, April...
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    350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, Eight Air Force, based in RAF Raydon in Suffolk, England. The squadron operated P-51 Mustangs. On March 24...
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    about 6 mi (9.7 km) north-west of the town of Braintree. Originally an RAF station, the site was later used as the headquarters and training centre...
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    Force's second victory over a jet-propelled Me 262 fighter. About this time Raydon was known colloquially as "Bomb Alley" due to the number of German V-1 "Doodlebug"...
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    Fighter Group moved into High Halden airfield in on 13 April 1944 from RAF Raydon. Operational squadrons of the 358th were: 365th Fighter Squadron (CH)...
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    1943 Casper Army Airfield, Wyoming, 7 Oct-9 Nov 1943 RAF Raydon (AAF-157), England, 1 December 1943 RAF Leiston (AAF-373), England, 1 February 1944 AAF Station...
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    February – 27 May 1943 RAF Goxhill (AAF-345), England, 8 June 1943 RAF Metfield (AAF-366), England, 5 August 1943 RAF Raydon (AAF-157), England, 14 April...
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    he damaged a Messerschmitt Bf 109 over France. The squadron moved to RAF Raydon in Suffolk the following April. Blickenstaff was also promoted to captain...
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    Royal Air Force High Wycombe or more simply RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in...
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    1943 Casper Army Airfield, Wyoming, 7 Oct-9 Nov 1943 RAF Raydon (AAF-157), England, 1 December 1943 RAF Leiston (AAF-373), England, 1 February 1944 AAF Station...
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    Royal Air Force Burtonwood (or RAF Burtonwood) is a former Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces base that was located in Burtonwood, 2 miles...
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