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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 stations of World War II in the United Kingdom (1 C, 423 P) Pages in category "World War II airfields in the United Kingdom" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Pages in category "Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 423 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
RAF Davidstow Moor closed in December 1945 at the end of World War II and many of the buildings, including the hangars were soon removed. It became a motor racing circuit, known as Davidstow Circuit and in the early 1950s, three Formula One races were held there (the Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Races ) including the first success for the Lotus marque.
Bombing of London - The Blitz; it began over London on 7 September 1940, and inadvertently gave the RAF Fighter Command airfields of South East England the time and unexpected opportunity to repair their much-damaged facilities; the Blitz ended on 11 May 1941; on the raid of 10 May 1941, 2324 people were killed, and it destroyed 11,000 houses ...
RAF Lichfield on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1940. RAF Lichfield, known locally as Fradley Aerodrome, was constructed in from mid 1939 to 1940. The airfield was set out in the usual triangular pattern with two runways 1 km in length and a main runway of 1.46 km. [2] Initially it operated as a maintenance site, being home to the No. 51 Maintenance Unit from August 1940. [3]
Royal Air Force Charmy Down or more simply RAF Charmy Down is a former Royal Air Force station in Somerset, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northeast of Bath. Opened in 1941, it was used initially by the RAF and from 1943 by the United States Army Air Forces , primarily as a night fighter interceptor airfield.
Royal Air Force Metfield or more simply RAF Metfield is a former Royal Air Force station located just to the southeast of the village of Metfield, Suffolk, England. Metfield was built as a standard, Class-A bomber design airfield, consisting of three intersecting concrete runways, fifty dispersal points and two T-2 type hangars. Additional ...