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Royal Air Force hospitals were British military hospitals formerly operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom. They contained dedicated medical care facilities, at strategic locations wherever the RAF was operating, at home and abroad, to cater for in-depth military medical needs of Royal Air Force personnel.
They were primarily identified by the designation Royal Air Force Hospital Nnnnn (where 'Nnnnn' is the geographic location name). This would typically be shortened to RAF Hospital Nnnnn (typically on road signs, in an identical manner to all Royal Air Force stations, aerodromes, and other RAF sites), and would be abbreviated RAF(H) Nnnnn .
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 ...
The Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Hospital Halton, was the first Royal Air Force hospital to be built that was dedicated to air force personnel.Located on what was then the largest of the RAF camps at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire, England, the hospital treated over 20,000 patients during the Second World War and was the first place in the world to use penicillin on a large-scale.
RAF Homewood Park (Hospital), (Closed by SAC 1957) RAF High Wycombe, (Closed by SAC 1965, Operated by USAFE til1 1992 and currently US Navy) RAF Lakenheath (Active) RAF Little Rissington (Closed by USAFE 1993) RAF Lindholme (Attached to RAF Brize Norton – closed by SAC – 1962) RAF Manston (Closed by USAFE 1961) RAF Marham (SAC deployments ...
RAF Hospital Ely (also known as RAF Ely and RAFH Ely), was a Royal Air Force staffed military hospital in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.The hospital opened in 1940, and was one of a handful of Second World War era RAF hospitals that were kept open post Second World War, remaining a military asset until 1992, although it also treated non-service patients, usually those who lived locally.
The hospital suffered a direct hit on the east wing, and a second bomb exploded on the road adjacent, severely damaging the west wing. Fourteen RAF Officers and five staff were killed, and outside, two members of the Home Guard were fatally injured. Forty of those inside the hospital were injured, ten of them staff, the others were patients. [21]
Cambridge Military Hospital in Aldershot was opened in 1878 to serve the expanding garrison. British Military Hospitals were established and operated by the British Army, both at home and overseas during the 19th and 20th centuries, to treat service personnel (and others in certain circumstances). They varied in size, purpose and permanence.