Royal Air Force Silloth, or more simply RAF Silloth, is a former Royal Air Force station one mile (1.6 km) north-east of Silloth, Cumbria, England, and...
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Silloth (sometimes known as Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. Historically in the county of Cumberland...
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RAF Kinloss, is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north east of Scotland, UK. The RAF station...
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existing RAF Coastal Command unit, and disbanded during October 1943. The Coastal Command Landplane Pilots School RAF formed at RAF Silloth on 1 November...
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co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2018. "Detail page | Research | Collections | RAF Museum". rafmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2018. "Canadian Historical...
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List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units (redirect from No. 1 Maintenance Unit RAF)
Museums. Retrieved 29 May 2012. Smith 1990, p. 32. Smith 1990, p. 187. "Silloth". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 29 May 2012. "The...
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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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them involved aircraft from RAF Jurby, but the figures also include aircraft from other stations such as RAF Silloth and RAF Millom. The first fatal wartime...
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various aircraft. RAF Calshot Seaplane Training Squadron RAF operated with various aircraft. RAF Silloth School of General Reconnaissance RAF operated with...
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List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units (redirect from No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF)
(Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (1 (C)OTU) The Unit was formed in 1940 as part of RAF Coastal Command at RAF Silloth for training aircrew on coastal...
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Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) at RAF Silloth but changed to No. 12 MU at RAF Kirkbride. The landing ground was also temporarily operated by No. 18 MU at RAF Dumfries...
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available No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF - 1940 to 1943. The OTU was based at nearby RAF Silloth, but routinely used Kirkbride for training flights...
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B5302 road (section Silloth-on-Solway to Calvo)
runs for approximately twelve-and-a-quarter miles between the towns of Silloth-on-Solway and Wigton in Cumbria, United Kingdom. From west to east, it...
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Unit, RAF Aston Down, No. 41 Group (see Flightglobal.com) No. 21 Maintenance Unit, RAF Fauld, No. 42 Group No. 22 Maintenance Unit, RAF Silloth No. 25...
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Sea. Detachments were located at RAF Silloth and RAF Carew Cheriton until 24 April 1942 when the squadron moved to RAF Bircham Newton. The squadron was...
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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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order of battle of RAF Coastal Command throughout the Second World War in the European Theatre of World War II. No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command...
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List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds (redirect from RAF Slade Farm)
A Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) is a type of British Royal Air Force (RAF) aviation facility that typically consists of an airfield with one or two grass...
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Captain's Table, Ship). During a routine training flight from its base at RAF Silloth a mechanical failure prompted a forced landing. The pilot chose a field...
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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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that fall Seaman's initial training was complete, and he was sent to RAF Silloth and assigned to a Lockheed Hudson as part of a four-man crew. From November...
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Wigglesworth, CB, AFC (17 October 1893 – 8 August 1961) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played a first-class match...
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the site of RAF Great Orton, also known as Wiggonby airfield during World War II. It was opened in June 1943 as a satellite of RAF Silloth, it closed in...
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Whitley aircrew training went to RAF Kinloss, and later RAF Silloth, with the Bristol Beaufort aircrew training remaining at RAF Chivenor. On 29 July 1941 the...
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10 March No. 6 OTU moved to Silloth. On 23 March 1943 No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF arrived from Silloth and trained Handley Page Halifax...
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Carlisle (section RAF Carlisle)
storage facility. The largest RAF station by area in the country and one of only two electronic warfare ranges in Europe, RAF Spadeadam is located outside...
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Kelsick is accessed by two side-roads off the B5302 road, which runs between Silloth and Wigton. The name Kelsick is believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon...
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maiden flight; almost exactly one year later, it entered service with the RAF. During official evaluation testing of the Botha, stability issues were revealed...
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of another rail connected harbour further west, at Silloth. Accordingly, the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway was incorporated on 16 July 1855 and opened...
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on take-off at Silloth. 20 April 1950 RF408 of No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF landed with wheels-up during an overshoot at RAF Scampton. 11 May...
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