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The Royal Air Force Club, or RAF Club in short-form, is a club located at 128 Piccadilly, London.. Membership is open to those who hold, or have held, commissions in the RAF, PMRAFNS, Reserve Forces and Commonwealth and friendly foreign air forces, Members of the British Army and Royal Navy who are serving on secondment with the RAF are also eligible for membership.
On 1 January 1920 RAF Halton was upgraded to a command and the headquarters element moved into Halton House. Although the House no longer functions as a headquarters, it remains an officers mess. A new dining room was built at the rear of the servants' wing of the house in the 1960s. [11]
The Battle of Britain Bunker is an underground operations room at RAF Uxbridge, formerly used by No. 11 Group Fighter Command during the Second World War.Fighter aircraft operations were controlled from there throughout the War but most notably during the Battle of Britain and on D-Day.
June – Royal Air Force Temporary Nursing Service formed. 19 July – The Imperial German Navy's airship base at Tønder is bombed in the Tondern raid; 19 September to 1 October – Battle of Megiddo. The RAF's Palestine Brigade plays a key role in the British victory over the Ottoman Empire, including the destruction of the Ottoman Seventh Army.
Hendon Aerodrome was an aerodrome in London, England, that was an important centre for aviation from 1908 to 1968.. It was situated in Colindale, seven miles (11 km) north west of Charing Cross.
Reforming on 20 April 2017 at RAF Northolt, 601 Squadron is now a Specialist Support Squadron of the RAuxAF. The 3 principal roles of the Squadron are to provide advice to the Chief of the Air Staff and the RAF to help address important issues; to provide access to new networks that the RAF has not traditionally been connected with; and to ...
Royal Air Force Club: 1918 128 Piccadilly: 1922 RAF officers Admitted Royal Automobile Club: 1897 89–91 Pall Mall: 1911 Social and automobile enthusiasts Since 1998 Royal Ocean Racing Club: 1925 20 St James's Place, St James's Street: 1942 Yachting enthusiasts Admitted Royal Over-Seas League (formerly the Over-Seas Club) 1910 4 Park Place, St ...
The station cinema screen room. The station was passed to the US Air Force Third Air Force on 1 December 1955, to enable the consolidation of facilities at several sites in the country into a single location. On 1 October 1962, the American 7500th Air Base Group was relocated to RAF West Ruislip from RAF South Ruislip.