Royal Air Force Chivenor, or more simply RAF Chivenor, (ICAO: EGDC) is a former Royal Air Force station located on the northern shore of the River Taw...

Royal Air Force (RAF) and was operational between May 1940 and 1995 when it was transferred to the Royal Marines. The name Chivenor is first attested...

RAF Chivenor in November 1945. No. 58 and No. 502 Sqns used the airfield to undertake anti-submarine patrols from February 1944, while based at RAF St...

Flight - RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk June 1956 - April 1974 - HQ at RAF St Mawgan, Cornwall Unknown Flight - RAF Chivenor, Devon Unknown Flight - RAF Felixstowe...

at RAF Thornaby Vickers Warwick 3 September 1945 to 10 March 1946 - HQ at RAF Beccles HMS Gannet RNAS Culdrose RMB Chivenor Wattisham RAF Valley RAF Boulmer...

squadron operated within RAF Coastal Command from 24 October 1944. On its return to the UK, the squadron was based at RAF Chivenor and carried out anti-submarine...

This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with...

Linton-on-Ouse. No. 77 Squadron RAF between 5 September 1941 and 6 May 1942 flying the Whitley V before moving to RAF Chivenor. No. 408 Squadron RCAF between...

Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or more commonly RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a military airfield located on the western edge of the town of...

1948. However it shortly returned to existence on 11 February 1949 at RAF Chivenor when No. 691 Squadron was renumbered as No. 17 Squadron. The Squadron...

Hunting/BAC Jet Provost T.3A and T.5A trainers. Its final iteration came at RAF Chivenor, Devon when 2 Tactical Weapons Unit was redesignated as 7 FTS with the...

equipped with the Leigh Light. The squadron was formed on 4 April 1942 at RAF Chivenor from No. 1417 (Leigh Light) Flight, and was part of 19 Group, Coastal...

July 1991, the Squadron was reformed as No. 92 (Reserve) Squadron at RAF Chivenor flying the British Aerospace Hawk until October 1994. No. 92 Squadron...

Harrier GR5 RAF Brawdy No. 1 Tactical Weapons Unit RAF No. 79 (R) Squadron RAF — Hawk T1A No. 234 (R) Squadron RAF — Hawk T1A RAF Chivenor No. 2 Tactical...

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...

Up. This operation saw repeated attacks by Hunters from Raynham and RAF Chivenor, along with aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, dropping aviation fuel and...

Most units of the Royal Air Force (RAF) are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron code. Usually, that code...

Mk VIII maritime reconnaissance-bombers. Formed on 8 January 1942 at RAF Chivenor 1417 (LLT) Flt was re-formed as No. 172 Squadron from 4 April 1942 onwards...

Unit RAF (5 (C)OTU) 5 OTU reformed on 1 August 1941 at RAF Chivenor as part of No. 17 Group Coastal Command. It was disbanded on 1 August 1945 at RAF Turnberry...

dropped 1,000-pound bombs on the ship. Afterwards RAF Hawker Hunter from RAF Chivenor dropped cans of jet fuel (kerosene), to fuel the blaze. However, the fire...

demobilisation. In the United Kingdom, the squadron established itself at RAF Chivenor, in Devon, but shortly after its arrival, as a result of the earlier...

number was transferred to No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit. based at RAF Chivenor, North Devon, as the 'Shadow' designation for one of its constituent...

more recent British acquisition, after the pilot landed at night at RAF Chivenor in the belief it was an airfield in France; the crew had made a navigational...

Squadron was reformed as part of No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Chivenor in North Devon on 2 January 1967, tasked with training pilots to fly the...

off RAF fighters, allowing 86 Ju 87s of StG 1 to attack RAF Detling in Kent unhindered. The attack killed the station commander, destroyed 20 RAF aircraft...

from the University of Leicester. After his RAF training, he was based at RAF Chivenor, RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Laarbruch. He became a staff pilot in 1987...

Havilland Ghost 103 turbojet engine and its armament was the same as the RAF version. The next variant was the FAW.21, which included the modifications...

August 1945. No. 5 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF formed on 1 August 1941 at RAF Chivenor, located on the northern shore of the River Taw estuary...

multi-role aircraft RAF Chivenor No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF aircrew training for twin engine aircraft with various aircraft RAF Detling No....

This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...