Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
RAF Carlisle. RAF Carnaby. RAF Castle Archdale. RAF Castle Camps. East Midlands Airport. RAF Castle Donington. RAF Castletown. RAF Catfoss. RAF Catterick.
During the Battle of Britain, the defence of the UK's airspace was divided up within RAF Fighter Command into four Groups, each comprising several airfields and squadrons. [1] The groups involved, 10, 11, 12 and 13, saw very different levels of activity during the battle. No. 11 Group, responsible for the defence of London and the south-east ...
Class A airfields were also characterised by standardised technical site requirements for repair, maintenance, and storage of aircraft. Two T2-type metal hangars; 240 by 115 by 29 feet (73.2 by 35.1 by 8.8 metres), were the standard for most airfields, although a few pre-1942 bases had three T2 hangars, and Thurleigh had four.
Royal Air Force Staplehurst or more simply RAF Staplehurst is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located in Kent, England. The airfield is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Staplehurst; about 38 miles (61 km) southeast of London. Opened in 1943, Staplehurst was a prototype for temporary Advanced Landing Grounds ...
16/34. 0. 0. Asphalt. Royal Air Force Grove or RAF Grove is a former Royal Air Force station near Grove, Oxfordshire. [ a ] The airfield is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Wantage; about 55 miles (89 km) west-northwest of London. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces.
1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete. RAF. Middleton St George August 1960. RAF Middleton St George is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Bomber Command station during the Second World War. It was located in County Durham, 6 mi (9.7 km) east of Darlington, England. The station's motto was Shield and Deter. [2]
RAF Twinwood Farm. RAF Twinwood Control Tower (Watch Office), restored in 2002. Royal Air Force Twinwood Farm or more simply RAF Twinwood Farm is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 4 mi (6.4 km) north of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. For the majority of World War II, the airfield was home to RAF night fighters.
Length and surface. 08/26. 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) Tarmac. Royal Air Force Elvington or more simply RAF Elvington is a former Royal Air Force station which operated from the beginning of the Second World War until 1992 located at Elvington, Yorkshire, England. It is now the location of the Yorkshire Air Museum.