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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.
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 ...
Aerial view of RAF Exeter airfield on 20 May 1944, showing the triangular layout of the runways and the encircling (light-coloured) perimeter track.. Class A airfields were World War II (WW2) military installations constructed to specifications laid down by the British Air Ministry Directorate General of Works (AMDGW).
C. RAF Cammeringham; RAF Cardiff; RAF Carew Cheriton; RAF Cark; RAF Carlisle; RAF Carnaby; RAF Castle Archdale; RAF Castle Camps; East Midlands Airport; RAF Castle Donington
Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom (1 C, 424 P) Pages in category "World War II airfields in the United Kingdom" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn: The 91st Bombardment Group in World War II. ISBN 0-88740-810-9. Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Maurer, M. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. USAF ...
RAF Thorpe Abbotts on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1943. RAF Thorpe Abbotts was built during 1942 and early 1943 for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a satellite airfield for RAF Horham but the rapid buildup of the Eighth Air Force resulted in both airfields being handed over to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
Royal Air Force Framlingham or more simply RAF Framlingham is a former United States Army Air Forces WWII airfield located 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Framlingham, and 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Ipswich, Suffolk, England.