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The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn: The 91st Bombardment Group in World War II. ISBN 0-88740-810-9. Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Maurer, M. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. USAF ...
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 ...
Sir Keith Park – New Zealander – AOC No. 11 Group RAF during Battle of Britain; Sir Frank Whittle – Co-inventor of the turbojet; Guy Gibson – Dambusters raid leader and VC holder; Leonard Cheshire – Charity founder and VC holder; Henry Allingham – World War I veteran and last surviving founder member of the RAF
The depot was responsible for training recruits undergoing their 19-week basic training before joining a regular battalion. In 1993, the barracks were re-designated the home of the Army Training Regiment, Bassingbourn, and remained as such for nearly 20 years. [2] Bassingbourn Barracks closed as an army training location in August 2012. [3]
Boeing B-50 Superfortress (49–2600 of the 93d Bombardment Group at RAF St Eval in 1950. On 3 September 1949, a WB-29 over the north Pacific Ocean detected a large radiation cloud. Analysis showed that this cloud was from an atomic explosion on the Asian mainland sometime between 26 and 29 August.
27th Fighter Escort Wing 1950–1953; ... RAF Bassingbourn, Royston. 2d Bomb Group 1951; 55th Strategic Recon. Wing 1951; 97th Bomb Group 1950–1951;
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth is a civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles south-west of Cambridge and just north of Royston, Hertfordshire. Since the 1960s the parish contains the villages of Bassingbourn and Kneesworth .
Afrikaans; Anarâškielâ; العربية; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Banjar; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Basa Banyumasan; Башҡортса ...