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    No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF, nicknamed the Rafwaffe, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) independent aircraft flight formed during the Second World War...
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    Hemswell No. 1426 Flight RAF 1956–57 at RAF Khormaksar, Pakistan No. 1689 Flight RAF 1951–52 at RAF Aston Down Bomb Ballistic Unit 1947–48 at RAF Woodbridge...
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    The RAF created No. 1426 Flight RAF with Luftwaffe captured fighters (Bf 109s and Fw 190s) that were fully tested and then taken to USAAF and RAF bases...
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    captured aircraft during war and shortly after. No. 1426 Flight RAF operated a single Me 410 A-3 (WNr.10259, RAF serial TF209) during the war. Two Me 410s survive:...
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    a British test pilot and Commanding Officer of No. 1426 Flight RAF (the captured enemy aircraft Flight), tested the Ju 87 at RAE Farnborough. He said...
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    station of RAF Wittering, and used by the No. 1426 Flight (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF during the Second World War. Founded in 1917 as No. 5 Training...
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    RAF Binbrook in October 1962, operating the F.2 and T.4 variants until the squadron was absorbed by the Central Fighter Establishment (CFE). No. 1426...
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    the Independent State of Croatia  United Kingdom The Royal Air Force's 1426 Flight operated one captured Bf 110. Two intact Bf 110s are known to exist:...
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    July 2018 – statue of Eric Brown unveiled at Edinburgh Airport. No. 1426 Flight RAF Air Fighting Development Unit (AFDU) Notes The training was in preparation...
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     Romania Royal Romanian Air Force  United Kingdom Royal Air Force No. 1426 Flight RAF operated at least five captured aircraft.  Soviet Union Soviet Air...
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    ex-2/JG51 "Black 12", ex-RAF DG200, ex-No. 1426 Flight RAF (the "Rafwaffe"), used in Battle of Britain film, Black 12 , RAF Museum Hendon Bf 109 G-2 trop...
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  • aviation technology expert who worked for the USAF after the war No. 1426 Flight RAF "Operation LUSTY". National Museum of the United States Air Force...
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  • they were extensively tested before passing them on to the RAF's No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight, nicknamed "the Rafwaffe". They operated six Bf 109 overall...
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  • Force squadrons responsible for dropping agents in occupied Europe No. 1426 Flight RAF, RAF unit that flew captured German aircraft Zirkus Rosarius, German...
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  • Observation Post) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 43 OTU No. 1425 (Communication) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 511 Squadron RAF No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft...
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    working with new equipment and techniques. In addition, No. 1426 (Captured Enemy Aircraft) Flight (colloquially known as the RAFwaffe) was based at Collyweston...
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    Wing RAF Regiment No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight RAF No. 2724 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 2760 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 2772 Squadron RAF Regiment...
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    No. 1426 Flight RAF which operated captured German aircraft. He flew a Ju 88, M2+MK formerly of Küsten Flieger Gruppe 106 which force-landed at RAF Chivenor...
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  •  13032. "No. 32919". The London Gazette. 18 March 1924. p. 2329. "RAF Appointments". Flight. XVI (816): 519. 14 August 1924. Retrieved 5 May 2015. "RAF Appointments"...
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    (RAF) Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), established in 1951 as a USAF field activity Naval Air Fighting Development Unit (Royal Navy) No. 1426...
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  • Fighting Development Unit, the RAF unit that tested captured German aircraft. No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight, the RAF unit that flew captured German...
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    Bramcote, and from 1 December 1940 it operated from RAF Syerston, as a part of No. 1 Bomber Group (along with No. 305 Squadron created at the same time). It was...
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  • Enemy Aircraft Flight operated between 17 January 1945 and December 1945 at Tangmere. It was previously No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF. Fighter/Bomber...
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    with their new fighter. The Fw 190 was then transferred to No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight. The Fw 190 was flown 29 times between 3 July 1942 and 29 January...
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    landed at RAF Dyce in April 1943 by its crew of defectors. It was also later flown in tests by the RAF enemy aircraft evaluation unit, 1426 Flight, known...
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    60009)". joebaugher.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022. "RCAF Data Record Cards 1426 CA-1 to 1594 CA-280". RCAF. "FAA Type Certificate A-765 (Beech D18/E18/G18/H18...
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    parts.[citation needed]  United Kingdom Royal Air Force – No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF evaluated at least one captured Fw 190A-3.  United States...
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    Ramsay 1990, p. 147. Armin Faber BBC. Brief History of The Rafwaffe (Flight 1426). Sally Bennett Spencer 1989, pp. 49–60. Caldwell 1991, pp. 104–108....
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    Royal Air Force serial number AW177 and flown by the RAF's Air Fighting Development Unit and 1426 Flight. Fleming had proposed himself as one of the crew...
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    combat air squadrons". Military Times. Retrieved 4 October 2016. Clay, pp. 1426–1427 Lineage information in Dollman, except as indicated. Order of Battle...
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