Royal Air Force Oulton or more simply RAF Oulton is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Aylsham, Norfolk and 12...
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historian Wilfrid Oulton (1911-1997), RAF officer Oulton Broad North railway station, Suffolk Oulton Broad South railway station, Suffolk Oulton College, Canadian...
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Other units and stations: No. 1692 Flight RAF based at RAF Little Snoring No. 1699 Flight RAF based at RAF Oulton to train Fortress crews for 214 Squadron...
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Sculthorpe Training Area (redirect from RAF Sculthorpe)
moved from RAF Methwold, before converting at Sculthorpe onto the de Havilland Mosquito. On 20 September 1943, 21 Squadron moved in from RAF Oulton, also with...
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lake was used by RAF service personnel to practise dinghy drills during the Second World War. The National Trust has created the RAF Oulton Museum on site...
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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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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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Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Army Air Corps (AAC), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), United States Army Air Forces...
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Group of RAF Bomber Command with the Blenheim IV. No. 114 then moved onto RAF Oulton which was a new satellite station for Horsham Two of the early visitors...
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Royal Air Force Wattisham or more simply RAF Wattisham (ICAO: EGUW) was, between 1939 and 1993, the name of a Royal Air Force station located in East...
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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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uncertain 'Land of Eorma's people' or perhaps, 'land connected with Eorma'. RAF Oulton Bluestone railway station "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood...
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to July 1945 at RAF Oulton. No. 251 Squadron RAF - Fortress II from March 1945 to October 1945 at RAF Reykjavik. No. 517 Squadron RAF - Operated USAAF...
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College Cranwell. He represented the RAF College at boxing and was awarded the Abdy Gerrard Fellowes Memorial Prize. Oulton graduated at the top of his class...
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overlooking the beaches at Dieppe. In September the squadron was moved to RAF Oulton in Norfolk, where it became an integral part of No. 2 Group. The crews...
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List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force (redirect from No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit RAF)
operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF). With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling...
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headquarters for No. 274 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) for RAF Little Snoring, RAF North Creake and RAF Oulton. All these stations had mothballed Mosquitos...
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75. Historic England. "Gaydon hangar at RAF Wittering (1402766)". National Heritage List for England. Oulton 1987, p. 223. "Victors on Quick Reaction...
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Royal Air Force (RAF) responsibility, and that it would be more appropriate to have an RAF officer in charge. Air Commodore Wilfrid Oulton was appointed...
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located between the villages of Heydon and Oulton, with the station lying just within Heydon's civil parish. RAF Oulton, a now-disused airfield, was constructed...
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practice reconnaissance missions. In 1980 Wilson was made Station Commander of RAF Lossiemouth. In 1990 Wilson was appointed the Commander British Forces Middle...
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Squadron transferred to RAF Oulton, where the officers took their living quarters near Blickling Hall. During their time at Oulton, the men of 214 Squadron...
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flight on No. 18 Squadron at RAF Bircham Newton. The squadron initially reformed with Hind aircraft and relocated to RAF Scampton in March 1938. In September...
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Crew Pool Unit RAF Ferry Training and Despatch Unit RAF Ferry Training Unit RAF Overseas Ferry Unit RAF Service Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Lake 1999, p. 68...
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Lowestoft C Trp at Hopton-on-Sea Detachment at RAF Oulton 409 Bty at Aylsham A & C Trps at RAF Coltishall B Trp at RAF Bircham Newton May saw a number of daylight...
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reformed No. 49 Squadron RAF at RAF Wittering, flying the Valiant. No. 49 Squadron was assigned to Air Vice Marshal Wilfrid Oulton's Operation Grapple Task...
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Motorsport team, on a Yamaha R6. After six rounds he crashed heavily at Oulton Park and broke his scaphoid bone. This ended his season, he finished 16th...
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No. 214 Squadron RAF B-17, returning from a Window patrol. The bomber was damaged but evaded its attacker, landing safely at RAF Oulton. The combat was...
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stately home with reflecting four centuries of use, museum about use by RAF Oulton in World War II Blitz and Pieces Scratby Great Yarmouth Military Life...
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aircraft, it was procured as a trainer aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as well as by export customers, who used the Gnat in both combat and training...
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