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Royal Air Force station: Code: KI [1] Site information; Owner: Air Ministry: Operator: Royal Air Force: Controlled by: RAF Bomber Command * No. 1 Group RAF Eighth Air Force: Site history; Built: 1940 () /41: In use: November 1941 - 1946 () Battles/wars: European theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945: Airfield ...
This list of Royal Air Force stations is an overview of all current stations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. This includes front-line and training airbases , support, administrative and training stations with no flying activity, unmanned airfields used for training, intelligence gathering stations and an ...
RAF Kimbolton (Station 117), [27] England, 21 May 1943 – 12 June 1945 (air echelon at RAF Bovingdon (Station 112), [27] 24 April–21 May 1943) Casablanca Airfield, French Morocco, 17 June–25 July 1945 [28] Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, 1 November 1955; Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, 9 January 1961 – 30 June 1993 [16]
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 ...
Royal Air Force Chilbolton or RAF Chilbolton is a former Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England. The airfield was located in Chilbolton approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southeast of Andover. Opened in 1940, it was used by the Royal Air Force and later by the United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used primarily as a ...
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 .
Nine airfields (RAF Alconbury, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Chelveston, RAF Grafton Underwood, RAF Kimbolton, RAF Molesworth, RAF Podington, RAF Polebrook, and RAF Thurleigh) were allotted to the Eighth Air Force, but had been completed prior to the Class A standard for runway lengths. These were brought to Class A standards in 1942 and early 1943 by ...
This category is for past and present Royal Air Force stations, both flying and non-flying. It includes locations not owned by the RAF but where it has a permanent presence. See also: List of Royal Air Force stations, List of air stations of the Royal Navy, List of airports in the United Kingdom.