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Royal Air Force Kimbolton or more simply RAF Kimbolton is a former Royal Air Force station located 8 miles (13 km) west of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. History [ edit ]
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 ...
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)
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 ...
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 ground echelon was established temporarily at RAF Kimbolton by 13 September 1942. However, the runways at Kimbolton were not up to handling heavy bombers, [5] and the unit moved to what would be its permanent station in the European Theater of Operations, RAF Bassingbourn, on 14 October 1942. [1]
RAF Eye (Station 134), [17] England, 28 April 1944 – c. 26 August 1945 Drew Field, Florida, 3 September 1945 – 7 November 1945 Beale Air Force Base , California, 1 February 1961 – 25 March 1965 [ 18 ] [ 19 ]
Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, town in Cambridgeshire, England . Kimbolton School; Kimbolton Castle; RAF Kimbolton, an airfield; Kimbolton railway station, former railway ...