Royal Air Force Spanhoe or more simply RAF Spanhoe (also known as Harringworth or Wakerley) is a former Royal Air Force station near Uppingham in Northamptonshire...
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Troop Carrier Wing. On 7 February 1944 the group was transferred to RAF Spanhoe. As part of the IX Troop Carrier Command's desire to have its C-47 groups...
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List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units (redirect from No. 1 Maintenance Unit RAF)
Storage Units (ASU)s. List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons List of RAF Regiment units List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons List of Army Air...
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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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RAF Balderton RAF Barkston Heath RAF Chalgrove RAF Cottesmore RAF Folkingham RAF Merryfield RAF Membury RAF North Witham RAF Ramsbury RAF Saltby RAF Spanhoe...
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retract on takeoff from RAF Wittering, while sorting it out the aircraft stalled and crashed into the ground at RAF Spanhoe disused airfield. 11 July...
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Arthur E. Tappan 315th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Hamish McLelland (RAF Spanhoe) 34th TCS: Lt Col. Donald G. Dekin 43rd TCS: Lt Col. Otto H. Peterson...
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Royal Air Force Greenham Common or more simply RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in the civil parishes of Greenham and Thatcham...
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Royal Air Force Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market...
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hanging on the church steeple, was in F Company. Additionally, some of the RAF Cottesmore aircraft used for the Normandy drop were C-53 Skytroopers. According...
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Confirmation needed. 12 August RAF Vickers Valiant BK.1 XD864 crashed at RAF Spanhoe 3 minutes after takeoff from RAF Wittering, Cambs. Five crew were...
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RAF Upottery (also known as Smeatharpe) is a former Royal Air Force station in East Devon, England. The airfield is located near the village of Upottery...
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Force Barkston Heath or RAF Barkston Heath (ICAO: EGYE) is a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground under the command of RAF Cranwell near Grantham, Lincolnshire...
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Royal Air Force Langar or more simply RAF Langar is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Langar, Nottinghamshire, England. The...
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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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RAF Andover (IATA: ADV, ICAO: EGWA) is a former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station in England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Andover, Hampshire...
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Royal Air Force Aldermaston, or more simply RAF Aldermaston, is a former Royal Air Force station located 8 miles (13 km) east of Newbury, Berkshire and...
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MDP Wethersfield (redirect from RAF Wethersfield)
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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Royal Air Force Chilbolton or RAF Chilbolton is a former Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England. The airfield was located in Chilbolton approximately...
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Royal Air Force Bottesford or more simply RAF Bottesford is a former Royal Air Force station located on the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire county border...
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Ninth Air Force in October 1943. On 7 February 1944, the group moved to RAF Spanhoe. It became part of the 52d Troop Carrier Wing of IX Troop Carrier Command...
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Squadron RAF No. 13 Squadron RAF No. 19 Squadron RAF No. 26 Squadron RAF No. 41 Squadron RAF No. 56 Squadron RAF No. 63 Squadron RAF No. 66 Squadron RAF No...
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Royal Air Force Fulbeck or more simply RAF Fulbeck is a former Royal Air Force station located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) east of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire...
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1943 – 7 March 1944) RAF Welford (AAF-474), England, 6 November 1943 RAF Spanhoe (AAF-493), England, 6 February 1944 Amiens Airfield (B-48), France, 6...
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Camp Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina, 8 March – 21 April 1944 RAF Spanhoe (AAF-493), England, 21 April 1944 Amiens Airfield (B-48), France, 6 April...
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1943 – 7 March 1944) RAF Welford (AAF-474), England, 6 November 1943 RAF Spanhoe (AAF-493), England, 7 February 1944 Amiens/Glisy Airfield (B-48), France...
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near RAF Wattisham, one killed. 12 August 1960 - XD864 Vickers Valiant BK.1, 7 Squadron, stalled and flew into the ground and blew up at Spanhoe Airfield...
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RAF Gambut (or RAF Kambut) is a complex of six abandoned military airfields in Libya, located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-northeast of the village...
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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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Royal Air Force Beaulieu or more simply RAF Beaulieu is a former Royal Air Force station in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. It was also known as Beaulieu...
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