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    previously a Royal Air Force station as RAF West Freugh, as well as a Royal Aircraft Establishment as RAE West Freugh. During the First World War the site...
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  • exercised from RAF West Freugh. HMS Illustrious was involved in the operation with 845 and 846 NAS embarked. 1 and 43 squadrons from the RAF were also involved...
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  • to the ground by marauding forces. The village is located nearby to RAF West Freugh. In 1902, the first wireless telegraph station was established between...
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    in Skybolt's nose cone, and dummy test firings were carried out at RAF West Freugh commencing on 9 December 1961. It did not prove possible to modify...
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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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    HM Prison Ford (redirect from RAF Ford)
    HMS Ark Royal. 819 NAS left HMS Peregrine and had a brief spell at RAF West Freugh, located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, before returning during...
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  • from RAF Manby at 15:00. RAF planes approached the object and it flew off. 4 April 1957: West Freugh incident – a large object was seen on radar at RAF West...
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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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    School RAF RAF West Freugh = No. 4 Air Observers School RAF RAF Wigtown = No. 1 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF July 1944 – HQ at Dumfries RAF Andreas...
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    (Köppen: Cfb). The nearest weather station to Stranraer is located at RAF West Freugh, around 5 miles (8 km) to the south of Stranraer. Panoramic view of...
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    ancestral seat of Clan Agnew West Freugh RAF station near Stoneykirk which was (and to a lesser extent still is) used by the RAF as an airfield for bombing...
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    Scots' Battalion based in Bourlon Barracks, Yorkshire. RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Kirknewton, RAF West Freugh Kinloss Barracks, Redford Barracks, Dreghorn Barracks...
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  • the season: Creetown 1975–76 Girvan 1978–79 Gretna Community 1991–92 RAF West Freugh 1948–49 St Cuthbert Wanderers 1977–78 Wigtown & Bladnoch 1962–63 and...
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    Unit RAF Henlow = Parachute Test Unit RAF Martlesham Heath = Armament and Instrument Experimental Unit RAF RAF West Freugh = Bombing Trials Unit RAF No...
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  • squadron moved to RAF Turnhouse and RAF West Freugh, then operated other aircraft types from bases in England before it was disbanded at RAF Andover on 26...
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    2017. "RAF Waddington – Other units". RAF.MoD.uk. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 25 June 2017. "MOD West Freugh". LPTA. Retrieved 4 July 2017. "RAF Brize Norton...
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    opened in 1941 and was originally used as a relief landing ground for RAF West Freugh. A detachment from 114 Squadron (114 Sqn) equipped with Bristol Blenheim...
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  • teams at RAF Kinloss covering the north and RAF West Freugh the west. In 1950 it again moved back to RAF Edzell. In 1955 they moved to RAF Leuchars and...
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    Orkney HMS Wagtail, Heathfield, Ayr, South Ayrshire RAF Benbecula RAF Kirknewton RAF Lossiemouth RAF Tain Previously within the British Army, the Scottish...
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  • squadron moved to West Freugh, Scotland and then to Knocke le Zout, Belgium where it disbanded on 27 October 1945. C.G.Jefford (1988). RAF Squadrons. UK Airlife...
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    Panavia Tornados. The airfield at MOD West Freugh in Dumfries and Galloway was temporarily re-activated by the RAF's Tactical Supply Wing during JW 14/1...
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  • Valley/Anglesey Airport Anglesey Wales EGOW RAF Woodvale Formby England EGOY RAF West Freugh EGPA KOI Kirkwall Airport Kirkwall Scotland EGPB LSI Sumburgh Airport...
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    No. 25 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force group. It was initially active between 1918 and 1919. It reformed during 1937, remaining active throughout...
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  • Cuthbert's Wanderers ?–? ? 1937–38 St Cuthbert's Wanderers ?–? ? 1938–39 RAF West Freugh 7–2 St Cuthbert's Wanderers 1945–46 St Cuthbert's Wanderers 5–5 (agg)...
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    range used for training purposes by RAF aircraft (and later allied aircraft on a leasing basis) based at West Freugh. Discharged bombs were retrieved by...
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  • 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...
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  • instructor at No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF at RAF West Freugh and No. 2 Air Armament School RAF. He was promoted to the temporary rank of wing...
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  • the King's Cup Race starting at Hatfield, but was forced to land at RAF West Freugh after an undercarriage malfunction.: 303  On 18 October 1937, he took...
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  • used for landing lime and coal. Stoneykirk village, located near the RAF West Freugh, developed around the church (now disused) and was named after the...
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  • at his own request, assigned to the unit No.4 Air Observers School in West Freugh Scotland, where he began aerial shooting course (Air Gunner), 19 June...
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