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2 giorni fa · List of former Royal Air Force stations. For current MoD and RAF stations, see List of Royal Air Force stations. London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station. This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or ...
5 giorni fa · Royal Air Force (RAF), youngest of the three British armed services, charged with the air defense of the United Kingdom and the fulfillment of international defense commitments. It is the world’s oldest independent air force.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 giorni fa · Current Use: Active. Used By: RAF / FAA. Landing Surface Types: Unpaved, later paved. Prominent People: Eric 'Winkle' Brown. Separate to the previous nearby civil airfield of the same name, Lossiemouth has become one of Scotland’s most important military airfields.
3 giorni fa · Paved. Aircraft Roles: Fighter / Trainer. Wymeswold is far better preserved than many World War Two airfields and first arose in April 1942 to accommodate No 28 Operational Training Unit (OTU) which formed quickly thereafter during May. Numbers of Vickers Wellingtons increased once especially Castle Donington opened as satellite in January 1943.
3 giorni fa · Now better known as Glasgow International Airport, Abbotsinch started life as a RAF airfield. It was initially home to No 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron flying Westland Wapitis before these biplanes were replaced by Hawker Harts in 1934 and again by Hawker Hinds in June 1936.
- Renfrewshire
- Active
- Aviation
- Opened 23 January 1933
4 giorni fa · Sealand (North & South) (Shotwick) One of Wales’ oldest and longest serving airfields also had surely one of the most convoluted histories of any airfields in Britain, all due to its layout and an enforced change of name. Sealand was originally known as Shotwick and owed its venerable RAF career to a civil training airfield, which opened in 1916.
5 giorni fa · Air Vice-Marshal, Commanding Royal Air Force in Iraq. Sir. I have the honour to submit the following report on the operations carried out in the Baghdad area of Iraq from the commencement of hostilities on 2 May 1941 until the signing of the Armistice Agreement with the provisional Government of Iraq on 31 May 1941.
