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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 ]
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 ...
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)
621 miles (999 km) from RAF Vágar, 979 miles (1,576 km) from Iceland. [14] An established RAF Station, it was brought into use in April 1943 as an ATC base, 1407th AAFBU, European Division. Was the closest ATC controlled airfield to most of the USAAF Eighth and Ninth Air Force stations located in the East Anglia region of
Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, town in Cambridgeshire, England . Kimbolton School; Kimbolton Castle; RAF Kimbolton, an airfield; Kimbolton railway station, former railway ...
Royal Air Force station: Code: RS: Site information; Owner: Air Ministry: Controlled by Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces: Site history; Built: 1942 () In use: 1942-1946 () Battles/wars: European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945: Garrison information; Garrison: Eighth Air Force RAF Technical ...
The group had originally been assigned to RAF Kimbolton in Huntingdonshire, but Kimbolton's runways were not strong enough to support B-17 operations, so the 91st moved into Bassingbourn, which as a pre-war RAF station, was relatively well appointed compared to war-built airfields, gaining the nickname "the country club". [16] [5]