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    Royal Air Force Ridgewell or more simply RAF Ridgewell is a former Royal Air Force station located at Ridgewell, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north west of Halstead...
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    cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?tower=16172 RAF Ridgewell was the base for the USAAF 381st Bomb Group (H) and No. 90 Squadron RAF, part of No. 3 (Bomber) Group, during...
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    at RAF Ridgewell since the 381st BG had arrived in June 1943. Two pilots brought the total on board to 31. The aircraft took off from RAF Ridgewell for...
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    "RAF Ridgewell". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 June 2012. "RAF Nuthampstead". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation...
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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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  • (Thomas Ridgewell; born 1990), English internet personality Ridgewell (comics), a fictional character from The Adventures of Tintin RAF Ridgewell, a Royal...
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    B-17 Flying Fortress unit, which flew strategic bombing missions from RAF Ridgewell. The group had the highest losses of all groups on first Schweinfurt–Regensburg...
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    381st Bombardment Group (Triangle L), Eighth Air Force flying out of RAF Ridgewell in England in late 1944. The Yankee Lady name and nose art do not replicate...
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    of the squadron arrived at RAF Bovingdon in late May 1943. The following month, the squadron was reunited at RAF Ridgewell, which was to be its combat...
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    (Triangle-L), RAF Ridgewell 398th Bombardment Group (Triangle-W), RAF Nuthampstead 482d Bombardment Group (No Tail Code), (B-17, B-24) RAF Alconbury Radar-equipped...
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    No. 3 Group RAF (3 Gp) of the Royal Air Force was an RAF group first active in 1918, again between 1923 and 1926, then as part of RAF Bomber Command from...
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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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    of the squadron arrived at RAF Bovingdon in late May 1943. The following month, the squadron was reunited at RAF Ridgewell, which was to be its combat...
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  • Group, at RAF Bottesford. It was to be equipped with the Short Stirling Mk.I, receiving its first Stirling on 1 December and moving to RAF Ridgewell on 29...
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  • Squadron, Heavy RAF Ridgewell B-17 Redesignated 533d Strategic Missile Squadron 1962 534th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy RAF Ridgewell B-17 Inactivated...
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    operated for many years until local airspace congestion forced a move to Ridgewell in North Essex. The Control Tower was built in 1952 as part of the early...
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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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    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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    of the squadron arrived at RAF Bovingdon in late May 1943. The following month, the squadron was reunited at RAF Ridgewell, which was to be its combat...
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    which was transferred to RAF Abu Sueir, Egypt on 12 November. B-17s would be flown on combat missions from RAF Lyddia and RAF El Fayid, Egypt, attacking...
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    Royal Air Force Hethel or more simply RAF Hethel is a former Royal Air Force station (ICAO: EGSK) which was used by both the United States Army Air Forces...
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    Royal Air Force Keevil or more simply RAF Keevil is a former Royal Air Force station lying between the villages of Keevil and Steeple Ashton, about 4...
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    Royal Air Force Andrews Field or more simply RAF Andrews Field (also known as RAF Andrewsfield and RAF Great Saling) is a former Royal Air Force station...
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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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    7 Feb 1943, when he was assigned as the station commander of RAF Ridgewell and then RAF West Wickham, late in 1943, then as a temporary group captain...
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    Royal Air Force Harrington or more simply RAF Harrington is a former Royal Air Force station in England about 5.6 miles (9.0 km) west of Kettering in...
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    of the squadron arrived at RAF Bovingdon in late May 1943. The following month, the squadron was reunited at RAF Ridgewell, which was to be its combat...
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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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    Royal Air Force Martlesham Heath or more simply RAF Martlesham Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Woodbridge...
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  • service personnel (including ground crew) en route from RAF Ridgewell (USAAF Station 167) to RAF Nutts Corner in Belfast for a memorial service for Franklin...
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