Royal Air Force Spanhoe or more simply RAF Spanhoe (also known as Harringworth or Wakerley) is a former Royal Air Force station near Uppingham in Northamptonshire...
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Troop Carrier Wing. On 7 February 1944 the group was transferred to RAF Spanhoe. As part of the IX Troop Carrier Command's desire to have its C-47 groups...
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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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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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Arthur E. Tappan 315th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Hamish McLelland (RAF Spanhoe) 34th TCS: Lt Col. Donald G. Dekin 43rd TCS: Lt Col. Otto H. Peterson...
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retract on takeoff from RAF Wittering, while sorting it out the aircraft stalled and crashed into the ground at RAF Spanhoe disused airfield. 11 July...
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RAF Balderton RAF Barkston Heath RAF Chalgrove RAF Cottesmore RAF Folkingham RAF Merryfield RAF Membury RAF North Witham RAF Ramsbury RAF Saltby RAF Spanhoe...
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Royal Air Force Greenham Common or more simply RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in the civil parishes of Greenham and Thatcham...
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Confirmation needed. 12 August RAF Vickers Valiant BK.1 XD864 crashed at RAF Spanhoe 3 minutes after takeoff from RAF Wittering, Cambs. Five crew were...
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RAF Upottery (also known as Smeatharpe) is a former Royal Air Force station in East Devon, England. The airfield is located near the village of Upottery...
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Royal Air Force Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market...
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Force Barkston Heath or RAF Barkston Heath (ICAO: EGYE) is a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground under the command of RAF Cranwell near Grantham, Lincolnshire...
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hanging on the church steeple, was in F Company. Additionally, some of the RAF Cottesmore aircraft used for the Normandy drop were C-53 Skytroopers. According...
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Royal Air Force Chilbolton or RAF Chilbolton is a former Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England. The airfield was located in Chilbolton approximately...
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Royal Air Force Langar or more simply RAF Langar is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Langar, Nottinghamshire, England. The...
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Royal Air Force Aldermaston, or more simply RAF Aldermaston, is a former Royal Air Force station located 8 miles (13 km) east of Newbury, Berkshire and...
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Sywell Aviation Museum (section The RAF Hall)
Hall concentrates on three main units - the 315th Troop Carrier Group (Spanhoe), 20th Fighter Group (Kings Cliffe) and 305th Bomb Group (Chelveston) and...
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Royal Air Force Folkingham or RAF Folkingham is a former Royal Air Force station located south west of Folkingham, Lincolnshire and about 29 miles (47 km)...
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Royal Air Force Keevil or more simply RAF Keevil is a former Royal Air Force station lying between the villages of Keevil and Steeple Ashton, about 4...
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RAF Andover (IATA: ADV, ICAO: EGWA) is a former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station in England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Andover, Hampshire...
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1943 – 7 March 1944) RAF Welford (AAF-474), England, 6 November 1943 RAF Spanhoe (AAF-493), England, 6 February 1944 Amiens Airfield (B-48), France, 6...
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Royal Air Force Charmy Down or more simply RAF Charmy Down is a former Royal Air Force station in Somerset, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northeast...
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Royal Air Force Bottesford or more simply RAF Bottesford is a former Royal Air Force station located on the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire county border...
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Ninth Air Force in October 1943. On 7 February 1944, the group moved to RAF Spanhoe. It became part of the 52d Troop Carrier Wing of IX Troop Carrier Command...
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Royal Air Force Fulbeck or more simply RAF Fulbeck is a former Royal Air Force station located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) east of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire...
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Camp Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina, 8 March – 21 April 1944 RAF Spanhoe (AAF-493), England, 21 April 1944 Amiens Airfield (B-48), France, 6 April...
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Squadron RAF No. 13 Squadron RAF No. 19 Squadron RAF No. 26 Squadron RAF No. 41 Squadron RAF No. 56 Squadron RAF No. 63 Squadron RAF No. 66 Squadron RAF No...
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Royal Air Force Raydon or more simply RAF Raydon is a former Royal Air Force station located just to the northeast of the village of Raydon, about 6 miles...
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Squadron RAF No. 233 Squadron RAF No. 381 Maintenance Unit RAF No. 382 Maintenance Unit RAF No. 383 Maintenance Unit RAF No. 384 Maintenance Unit RAF Birch...
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near RAF Wattisham, one killed. 12 August 1960 - XD864 Vickers Valiant BK.1, 7 Squadron, stalled and flew into the ground and blew up at Spanhoe Airfield...
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