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Royal Air Force Kimbolton or more simply RAF Kimbolton is a former Royal Air Force station located 8 miles (13 km) west of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. History [ edit ]
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 country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
Training station (formerly RAF St. Athan), home to No. 4 School of Technical Training and the University of Wales Air Squadron flying the Grob Tutor T1. [43] MOD West Freugh: Scotland Dumfries and Galloway: Former RAF station, now operated by QinetiQ on behalf of the MOD as a test and evaluation range.
Three bases (Chelveston, Molesworth, and Polebrook) also had a J-type brick-and-metal hangar; 300 by 151 feet (91.4 by 46.0 metres), in addition to a pair of T2's, and Bassingbourn, which had been a pre-war RAF bomber station, had four C-type brick hangars measuring 300 by 152 feet (91.4 by 46.3 metres).
Pages in category "Royal Air Force stations in Huntingdonshire" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Squadron B-17 at RAF Kimbolton [b] The air echelon of the squadron arrived at RAF Bovingdon by 24 April 1943, and remained there until 21 May, when it joined the ground echelon at RAF Kimbolton, which was to be its combat station for the remainder of its time in the European Theater of Operations.
The ground echelon was established temporarily at RAF Kimbolton by 13 September 1942. However, the runways at Kimbolton were not up to handling heavy bombers, [5] and the unit moved to what would be its permanent station in the European Theater of Operations, RAF Bassingbourn, on 14 October 1942. [1]
Pages in category "Royal Air Force stations in Cambridgeshire" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .