Royal Air Force Tern Hill, or more simply RAF Tern Hill, (ICAO: EGOE) was a Royal Air Force station at Ternhill in Shropshire, England, near the towns...
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RNAS Hinstock (HMS Godwit) (redirect from RAF Hinstock)
opened as RAF Ollerton in 1941 as No. 21 Satellite Landing Ground, as an emergency landing ground for RAF Tern Hill. It was utilised by RAF Maintenance...
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close in 2029. The barracks were established on the site of the former RAF Tern Hill airfield in 1976; they were initially named Borneo Barracks, before...
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Squadron RAF at RAF Cranage No. 229 Squadron RAF at RAF Speke No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron at RAF Tern Hill No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron at RAF Baginton...
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final. In those early days teams from the armed forces, such as RAF Tern Hill and RAF Stoke Heath, dominated. However, the farmers from Harper Adams along...
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List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units (redirect from No. 1 Maintenance Unit RAF)
Royal Air Force 1950–1967". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 29 May 2012. "Tern Hill (Stoke Heath)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 29...
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2007, p. 105. Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since...
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Central Flying School (redirect from RAF Central Flying School)
1955 until 1 June 1957 when it moved to Little Rissington. It moved to RAF Tern Hill in August 1961. From 1966, the Westland-built Sioux helicopter began...
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1941, Parrott was posted to the Central Flying School, then RAF Hullavington and RAF Tern Hill, all on instructional duties. After this, he had a brief spell...
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Volunteer Gliding Squadron (redirect from No. 611 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF)
186 GS 632 VGS — RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire 644 VGS — RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire 645 VGS — RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire 661 VGS — RAF Kirknewton, West...
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Battle of Britain, the defence of the UK's airspace was divided up within RAF Fighter Command into four Groups, each comprising several airfields and squadrons...
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(3) RAF St Athan (4) RAF St Eval (3) RAF Scampton (4) RAF Shawbury (4) RAF Sealand (3) RAF Silloth (3) RAF South Cerney (3) RAF Tern Hill (4) RAF Thornaby...
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3 Squadron of the Central Flying School (Helicopter), a lodger from RAF Tern Hill. It operated the Westland Whirlwind HAR.10. It later became the Search...
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Aerodrome & Tern Hill Aerodrome and was transferred to Western Group Command on 26 September 1917 then on 1 April 1918 it was transferred 13th Group RAF and disbanded...
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from No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing RAF to form RLSW. No. 605 Squadron was formed on 5 October 1926 at RAF Castle Bromwich as a day bomber unit of...
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Ascension Island (redirect from RAF FC)
boatswain, pronounced BO-sun birds, by the inhabitants of the island), white tern, brown noddy, black noddy and Ascension frigatebird. The Ascension crake...
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RAF Ascension Island (IATA: ASI, ICAO: FHAW), also known as Wideawake Airfield or Ascension Island Auxiliary Field, is a military airfield and facility...
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Structure of the Royal Air Force (redirect from Structure of the RAF)
632 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at Tern Hill Airfield, (Grob Viking T1) No. 637 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at RAF Little Rissington, (Grob Viking T1)...
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Air Navigation and No. 48 Squadron RAF at Manston; the Station Flight and No. 24 MU at Tern Hill; and No. 27 MU at RAF Shawbury. In September 1939 it controlled...
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1940. After completing RAF Flying School at Tern Hill, England, on April 16, 1941, Pilot Officer Dunn was assigned to the RAF's No. 71 Squadron, also known...
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in Cymyran Bay. The islands are important for their tern colony, in particular for roseate tern, for which this is the most regular breeding site on...
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of the British Army, to form an independent service, the Royal Air Force (RAF). Currently the abbreviation RNAS stands for "Royal Naval Air Station", and...
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and sent to Martlesham Heath for a month, before moving again, this to Tern Hill where it stayed until May. By this time Hayter had flown on 150 sorties...
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HMS Cicala HMS Cornflower HMS Moth HMS Redstart HMS Robin HMS Scout HMS Tern HMS Thanet HMS Thracian HMS Watergate Royal Naval Dockyard Police Hong Kong...
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June. The next month, he proceeded to No. 10 Flying Training School at Tern Hill. In December 1939, with his training completed, Urwin-Mann was sent to...
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Dockyard HMS Vulcan HMNB Devonport HMNB Portsmouth HMS Jufair Mare Harbour RAF Mount Pleasant Stanley HMS Drake (HMNB Devonport, Devonport, Devon) HMS Nelson...
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Reserve is located to the east of the town. Both reserves are important for tern species and a number of wading birds and waterfowl. Hodbarrow is renowned...
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falcons. Anglesey holds several tern species, including the roseate tern on three breeding sites – see Anglesey tern colonies. There are marked occurrences...
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1982–1983 decline Little white tern (Gygis microrhyncha) – 8,000 birds before the 1982–1983 decline Central Pacific sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis)...
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