Infobox airport name RAFGrangemouth type Military operator Royal Air Force location Grangemouth , Stirlingshire ... GB pushpin map Scotland Falkirk pushpin label RAFGrangemouth pushpin map caption Location in Falkirk ... Tarmac Overview Pre war RAFGrangemouth was a Royal Air Force RAF base Convert 3 miles abbr on north ... was planned to form at RAFGrangemouth in October 1940 within No. 10 Group to train night fighter crews ... http www.controltowers.co.uk G Grangemouth.htm RAFGrangemouth 602 Squadron Museum Association http ... War II From September 1939 March 1941 it was used by No. 602 Squadron RAF 602 Squadron flying Supermarine Spitfire Spitfires , No. 141 Squadron RAF 141 Squadron flying Bristol Blenheim Blenheims & Gloster Gladiator Gladiators and No. 263 Squadron RAF 263 Squadron flying Westland Lysander Lysanders ... After the war, it was used as a gliding school and by No. 13 Refresher Flying School, then by RAF ... & some of the buildings were destroyed. Present day Today the site is now part of Grangemouth Refinery Grangemouth oil refinery , and a housing estate. The shorter runway is now Inchyra Road, Grangemouth ... features the names of each of the Polish fighter pilots who died at Grangemouth. The memorial ... Operational Training Unit with Supermarine Spitfire Spitfires , from 1942 satellite airfield at RAF ... , then used by RAF Maintenance Command until closure. Operational units and aircraft class wikitable ... Sep 1939 Avro Anson ? No. 602 Squadron RAF 07 Oct 1939 13 Oct 1939 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I No. 141 Squadron RAF 19 Oct 1939 28 June 1940 Bristol Blenheim br Gloster Gladiators No. 263 Squadron RAF 28 June 1940 02 Sep 1940 Hawker Hurricane FB. VI No. 614 Squadron RAF 08 Jun 1940 05 Mar 1941 Westland ... ref http www.rafweb.org Wings2.htm Air of Authority A History of RAF Organisation Website ref . Further ... from RAF Turnhouse . The unit reformed on 15 March 1945, at RAF Poulton in No. 12 Group, as half ... Oct 1943 P9 Mar 1945 Jul 1945 ref http www.rafweb.org OTU 3.htm Air of Authority A History of RAF ... more details
Infobox UK place official name Grangemouth gaelic name scots name local name country Scotland population ... on Boxing the compass SE london distance convert 345 mi abbr on Boxing the compass SSE map alt Grangemouth .... latitude 56.011914 longitude 3.7163930 post town GRANGEMOUTH postcode area FK postcode district ... Precinct geograph.org.uk 542536.jpg 250px static image caption small Grangemouth town centre small static image alt Grangemouth is a town and former burgh in the subdivisions of Scotland council area ... 13 mi km 1 south east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001 2001 Census . ref name Pop. Grangemouth s growth as a town relied mainly ... of the Forth and Clyde Canal in the 18th century. Nowadays, the economy of Grangemouth is focused primarily on the large petrochemical industry of the area which includes the Grangemouth Refinery ... www.ineosopportunities.co.uk grangemouth.html INEOS About us Grangemouth , www.ineosopportunities.co.uk. ... Falkirk council area . History Grangemouth was founded by Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet Sir Lawrence ... of Sealock , ref name DUNDAS http www.falkirkonline.net For 20Residents Community GrangemouthGrangemouth 20History.aspx History of Grangemouth , www.falkirkonline.net. Retrieved 2011 05 13 ref which ... www.visitoruk.com timeline.php?f Grangemouth Timeline History of Grangemouth , visitoruk.com. Retrieved 2011 05 13 ref Image Grangemouthmap1945.jpg thumb left 200px alt A map of Grangemouth A map of Grangemouth from 1945 The settlement was then renamed Grangeburnmouth and then finally to Grangemouth ... to pass through Grangemouth instead. The re opened canal no longer passes through the old part of Grangemouth, but joins the tidal River Carron Forth River Carron , which has been deepened to allow ... plan the town, he designed the layout around the canal and its basin. Economy Grangemouth Port is one ... thumb left 220px Grangemouth Refinery File Grangemouth Burn Mar 2006.jpg thumb left 220px ... more details
and Fire at BP Oil, Grangemouth Refinery. 22 March 1987 ref In 2005 the refinery and connected petrochemicals ... thumb December 2011 The Grangemouth Refinery is a major landmark, with its numerous gas flare ... industry information refining uk refineries refineries ineos grangemouth refinery.aspx UKPIA Overview of Grangemouth Facility ref The BP owned North Sea Forties pipeline system terminates at the Kinneil ... period. However, 97 of the Unite trade union s 1,250 members at Grangemouth voted in favour of strike action . David Watt, of the Institute of Directors in Scotland, believes that the average Grangemouth ... 1 hi scotland tayside and central 7358392.stm work BBC News title Q&A The Grangemouth dispute ... pipeline system as their Kinneil terminal relies on power from the Grangemouth refinery. ref name ... 4 May 2010 ref Image Grangemouth.jpg thumb 800px center Panorama of Grangemouth petrochemical works ... 1 hi scotland tayside and central 7358392.stm Q&A The Grangemouth dispute BBC news http www.energyinst.org.uk education refineries grangemouth.htm Institute of Petroleum Refineries Grangemouth ... in the United Kingdom no Grangemouth raffineriet ... more details
The Grangemouth Dockyard Company was a British shipbuilder shipbuilding and ship repair firm located at Grangemouth , on the Firth of Forth , Scotland . History The company was established in Grangemouth by William Miller and Samuel Pophouse Jackson in 1885. ref name FALKIRK cite web url http www.falkirk.gov.uk services community cultural services museums archives finding aids PDFs business shipmakers.pdf title Ship making, shipping industry, marine engines accessdate 6 January 2009 publisher Falkirk Council Cultural Services ref In 1887 the yard was visited by Andrew Carnegie and his new wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie Louise . ref name Carnegie cite book last Nasaw title Andrew Carnegie page 307 ref While there they witnessed the christening and launch of the Mexican steamer Tabasque o , after which Carnegie gave a speech at the luncheon that followed. ref name Carnegie The company acquired ... as the Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co . ref name Glasgow cite web url http www.archiveshub.ac.uk ... Dockyard Co Ltd, while upon the split in 1918 the Grangemouth based yard became the Grangemouth .... ref name Grangemouth 14 of the ships present at the Normandy Landings had been built at Grangemouth, while another 44 were repaired there. ref name Grangemouth The facilities were also used to repair and maintain submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy . ref name Grangemouth cite web url http www.electricscotland.com history falkirk grangemouth grangemouth.htm title History of Grangemouth ... , with the Grangemouth Dockyard Company as a subsidiary. The winding up of operations in the 1980s saw the re emergence of the Grangemouth Dockyard Company as a private concern in 1984, but it was subsequently ... http www.electricscotland.com history falkirk grangemouth grangemouth.htm title History of Grangemouth ... 243&CISOBOX 1&REC 20 Narative of Alcides, a Ship built by Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Dyal 2008 ... de Grangemouth Dockyard Company ... more details
Infobox UK school name Grangemouth Middle Schools established 1975 closed 1988 type Middle school s city Grangemouth county Falkirk council area Falkirk country United Kingdom lower age 10 P6 upper age 14 S2 Two middle school s operated in the town of Grangemouth between 1974 and 1988. Grangemouth is in the counties of Scotland historic county of Stirlingshire in central Scotland and, following local government reorganisation in 1975, became part of the Falkirk District of the Central Region, Scotland Central Region . The Grangemouth middle schools were the only two such schools in the whole of Scotland. Grangemouth remains the only area of Scotland where experimentation in three tier education was ever tried. Origins The first mooting of the possibility of three tier education in Grangemouth came shortly after the publication of a Scottish Education Department circular in 1965 which invited Local Education Authority local authorities to indicate how they intended to go about re structuring their secondary education systems along comprehensive lines ref name meldrum cite book title Three tier Education in Grangemouth last Meldrum first James date 1976 ref Stirlingshire Education Authority ... working in secondary schools. Operation The initial proposals for Grangemouth were developed at a time ... school system in Grangemouth Beancross Primary School Bowhouse Primary School Dundas Primary School ... years S3 to S6 aged 14 18 Grangemouth High School End of the experiment By the late 1980s, there were new concerns in Grangemouth. Following rapid expansion in earlier years, falling rolls in schools ... system in Grangemouth. Proposals were put forward in January 1987 to see the middle schools closing ... issue was presenting itself at Grangemouth High School. ref Central Regional Council 1987 , Proposed Changes in Educational Provision in Grangemouth a letter to parents and staff , Stirling ... Grangemouth s page on Scottish Schools Online Category Education in Scotland ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 orphan date November 2009 Infobox Union name Grangemouth Pilots Association country United Kingdom affiliation members full name native name image founded current head dissolved date 1944 dissolved state Merged into merged into Transport and General Workers Union people website footnotes Include all unused fields for future use. See template talk Infobox Union for usage. The Grangemouth Pilots Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom . It merged with the Transport and General Workers Union in 1944. See also List of trade unions Transport and General Workers Union TGWU amalgamations Category Former British trade unions Category Maritime trade unions Category Port workers trade unions UK trade union stub ... more details
Expand French topic geo date February 2010 RafRaf Infobox settlement official name RafRaf other name native name nickname settlement type Commune and town motto image skyline RafRafbeachAndCapFarina.JPG imagesize image caption image flag flag size image seal seal size image map mapsize map caption pushpin map pushpin label position bottom pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Tunisia subdivision type1 Governorates of Tunisia Governorate subdivision name1 Bizerte Governorate subdivision type2 subdivision name2 government footnotes government type leader title leader name established title established date area magnitude unit pref Imperial area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 population as of 2004 population footnotes population note population total population density km2 timezone Central European Time CET utc offset 1 latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW W elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft postal code type postal code area code blank name blank info website footnotes RafRaf is a town and commune in the Bizerte Governorate , Tunisia . As of 2004 it had a population of 9,839. ref name ins fr http www.ins.nat.tn fr rgph2.1.commune.php?code modalite 24417&Code indicateur 0301007&Submit3 Envoyer Recensement de 2004 au niveau municipal Institut national de la statistique ref See also List of cities in Tunisia References reflist coord 37.189 N 10.1946 E source kolossus dewiki display title Category Populated places in Tunisia Category Communes of Tunisia Communes of Tunisia Tunisia geo stub ar ca RafRaf de RafRaf el fr RafRaf it RafRaf ... more details
TOCright RAF or Raf may refer to Military and Paramilitary Organisations Rapid Action Force , India s elite paramilitary police force Red Army Faction Rote Armee Fraktion also known as the Baader Meinhof Group, a German left wing terrorist organisation active from 1970 to 1998 Royal Air Force , the air force of the United Kingdom Royal Aircraft Factory, former name of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Russian Air Force , the air force of the Russian Federation Other businesses and organizations Riga Autobus Factory R gas Autobusu Fabrika , a Latvian bus factory Biology Raf family of proto oncogenes see c Raf Technical terms and uses Retired after finishing , a sailing race term Individuals Raf is a diminutive form of the Italian name Raffaele, and of other forms of the name Raphael. It may refer to Raf de Gregorio born 1977 , New Zealand soccer player Raffaele Riefoli born 1959 , Italian singer, songwriter known as RafRaf Simons born 1968 , Belgian fashion designer Raf Vallone 1916 2002 , Italian actor and film star Other Road Accident Fund , a South African government compensation scheme Lookfrom RAF disambig Category Initialisms be RAF br RAF ca RAF cs RAF da RAF de RAF Begriffskl rung et RAF el RAF es RAF eo RAF eu RAF fr RAF gl RAF ko RAF hr RAF razdvojba id RAF it RAF la RAF lv RAF lb RAF lt RAF hu RAF egy rtelm s t lap nl RAF ja RAF no RAF nn RAF nds RAF pl RAF pt RAF ro RAF ru RAF sk RAF sl RAF sr fi RAF sv RAF tr RAF vi RAF ... more details
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RAF Gaza was a Second World War RAF airfield in the present day Gaza Strip , ref http www.rafweb.org Stations Stations G.htm A History of the RAF Stations G ref possibly on the site of the Gaza Airstrip . History During the Second World War RAF Gaza was used by a number of RAF squadrons, including No. 33 Squadron RAF 33 , No. 45 Squadron RAF 45 , No. 127 Squadron RAF 127 , No. 208 Squadron RAF 208 , No. 318 Squadron RAF 318 and No. 451 Squadron RAF 451 Squadrons. No.2 Air Crew Officers School was based on the airfield, and the Greek Training Flight was also based there from 1941 1942. The airfield was used as the Middle East ammunition depot from July to September 1942. It was in use by 1941, and may have first been used earlier. Whether or not RAF Gaza was on the site of the present day Gaza Airstrip is unclear, as it was likely only of a temporary nature. Some sources place RAF Gaza to the southeast of Gaza City ref http wikimapia.org 2191006 Former RAF Gaza Airfield RAF Gaza Airfield Wikimapia ref although there are no visible remains of the airfield there. See also Gaza Strip List of RAF stations References reflist Royal Air Force Category Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the Middle East Gaza Category Royal Air Force stations in the Middle East Gaza Category Airports in the Palestinian territories ... more details
RAF Chicksands RAF Mildenhall RAF Lakenheath RAF Feltwell RAF Molesworth via RAF Chelveston RAF Alconbury RAF Croughton In September 2008 the base was broken into by a Base jumping Base Jumper who climbed ... 3A4734 Photo of RAF Barkway accessed 2008 10 02 Royal Air Force military navigation raw name USAF ... in Europe USAFE list1 RAF Alconbury RAF Barford St John RAF Blenheim Crescent RAF Croughton RAF Fairford RAF Feltwell RAF Upwood RAF Welford RAF Lakenheath RAF Molesworth RAF Mildenhall RAF Barkway group2 Other list2 RAF Menwith Hill AFISR group2 Inactive list2 Navbox subgroup groupstyle width 8em liststyle width auto group1 United States Air Forces in Europe USAFE list1 RAF Bentwaters RAF Shepherds Grove RAF Wethersfield group2 SAC USAFE list2 RAF Bassingbourn RAF Brize Norton Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Chelveston RAF Greenham Common RAF Upper Heyford RAF Daws Hill RAF Little Rissington RAF Manston RAF Scampton RAF Sculthorpe RAF Waddington RAF Woodbridge RAF Wyton group3 Other list3 RAF Burtonwood small Air Force Materiel Command AFMC small RAF Chicksands small ... B RAF stub DEFAULTSORT Barkway ... more details
Image RAF Detling.jpg thumb right RAF Detling Station Crest, with motto DARE TO BE WISE RAF Detling was a station of the Royal Naval Air Service RNAS in World War I and the Royal Air Force RAF in World .... RAF Detling opened in 1939, was assigned to No 11 Group and closed in 1959. The site of the airfield ... July, and a number of other shows and events. Operational units and aircraft No. 1 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire IXB No. 4 Squadron RAF Detachment 1940 Westland Lysander Westland Lysander II No. 13 Squadron RAF Detachment 1941 Bristol Blenheim Bristol Blenheim IV No. 26 Squadron RAF 1941 P 40 Tomahawk Curtiss Tomahawk II No. 26 Squadron RAF 1943 P 51 Mustang North American Mustang II No. 48 Squadron RAF Detachment 1939 Avro Anson Avro Anson I No. 50 Squadron RAF No. 50 Squadron RFC Detachment 1916 Vickers ES 1 No. 53 Squadron RAF 1940 Bristol Blenheim Bristol Blenheim IV No. 59 Squadron RAF 1941 Bristol Blenheim Bristol Blenheim IV No. 80 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire IX No. 112 Squadron RAF No. 112 Squadron RFC 1917 Vickers ES 1 No. 118 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire IX No. 124 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire VII & HF.IXE No. 132 Squadron RAF 1943 Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire IXB No. 143 Squadron RAF No. 143 Squadron RFC RAF 1918 1919 Armstrong Whitworth ... No. 165 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire IXB No. 184 Squadron RAF 1943 Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire VB No. 229 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire IX No. 235 Squadron RAF 1940 Bristol Blenheim Bristol Blenheim 1F No. 239 Squadron RAF 1942 P 51 Mustang North American Mustang I No. 274 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire IX No. 280 Squadron RAF 1942 Avro Anson Avro Anson I No. 318 Polish Fighter Squadron No. 318 Squadron RAF 1943 Hawker Hurricane Hawker Hurricane I No. 453 Squadron RAAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire ... more details
Refimprove date November 2008 Infobox airport name RAF Harrowbeer nativename File Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg 90px nativename a nativename r image image width caption IATA ICAO type Military owner operator Royal Air Force city served location Yelverton, Devon Yelverton , built 1940 used 1941 1950 ... coordinates type airport coordinates region GB pushpin map Devon pushpin label RAF Harrowbeer pushpin ... publisher Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust accessdate 27 April 2012 ref RAF Harrowbeer is former ... Monachorum , Devon England Location RAF Harrowbeer was located approximately Convert 9 mi NNE of the city ... . The airfield was under the control of No. 10 Group RAF and was never assigned a station badge ... miscellaneous.htm RAF HARROWBEER YELVERTON Miscellaneous Information ref Based ... history.htm The History of RAF Harrowbeer Retrieved on 7 November 2008 ref ref name ... Air of Authority A History of RAF Organisation accessdate 28 April 2012 ref A large amount of units ... Squadron RAF No. 19 Squadron RAF ref name RAFWEB No. 26 Squadron RAF No. 64 Squadron RAF No. 126 Squadron RAF No. 130 Squadron RAF No. 131 Squadron RAF No. 165 Squadron RAF ref name RAFWEB No. 175 Squadron RAF No. 183 Squadron RAF No. 193 Squadron RAF No. 263 Squadron RAF No. 266 Squadron RAF No. 275 Squadron RAF No. 276 Squadron RAF No. 286 Squadron RAF ref name RAFWEB No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron No. 302 City of Poznan Polish Fighter Squadron RAF No. 312 Czechoslovak Squadron RAF No. 312 Squadron RAF No. 329 Squadron RAF No. 414 Squadron RCAF No. 500 Squadron RAF No. 500 County of Kent Squadron AAF No. 610 Squadron RAF No. 610 County of Chester Squadron No. 611 Squadron RAF No. 611 West Lancashire Squadron No. 616 Squadron RAF No. 616 South Yorkshire Squadron No. 691 Squadron RAF ref name RAFWEB No. 834 Squadron RAF No. 838 Squadron RAF Other units Force 135 RAF Element No. 229 Maintenance ... External links http www.rafharrowbeer.co.uk Dedicated website Royal Air Force DEFAULTSORT Raf ... more details
RAF Rhine was the name of the Royal Air Force command that comprised units posted to Germany in 1918 as part of the occupying forces following World War I . The RAF presence in Germany was wound down to a single squadron No. 12 Squadron RAF and RAF Rhine was disbanded on 2 October 1919. After RAF Rhine disbanded the remaining units were directly under command of the Army of Occupation. RAF Rhine continued to be listed in AFL until at least Jul 1922. Headquarters was at Bickendorf , Germany . Commanders 4 Jan 1919 Maj Gen Sir John Higgins 7 May 1919 Maj Gen Sir John Salmond External links http www.rafweb.org Command Dev.htm RAFWeb Category Royal Air Force commands RAF stub ... more details
Infobox airport name RAF Kenley nativename Image Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg 90px nativename a nativename r image RAF Kenley.jpg image width caption RAF Kenley Station Crest, with motto NISI DOMINUS ... type airport coordinates region GB pushpin map Surrey pushpin label RAF Kenley pushpin map caption ... stat2 data footnotes The former Royal Air Force Station Kenley , more commonly known as RAF Kenley ... Air Force RAF in World War II . It is located near Kenley , London , England . History Its active phase commenced in 1917, and ceased in 1959 when RAF Fighter Command left the aerodrome. The airfield ... Cadet Organisation . During World War II RAF Kenley was one of the three main fighter stations Kenley, Croydon Airport Croydon and RAF Biggin Hill Biggin Hill responsible for the air defence of London . It was during the crucial days of the Battle of Britain that these three RAF stations came into their own, fighting off the overwhelming might of the German Luftwaffe . RAF Kenley suffered its ... , published in 1941, was based on his experiences as a Royal Artillery anti aircraft gunner at RAF ... Squadron RAF from 1923 to 1926, and the British ace Johnnie Johnson RAF officer JE Johnnie ... 1956 , the latter about Douglas Bader who was posted to RAF Kenley in 1930 No. 23 Squadron RAF ... in 1978 along with the hangars, Kenley is thought to be the best preserved of all World War II RAF fighter ... to the RAF memorial has been fully restored. Since 2004 these structures are protected as Scheduled ... the war. ref http forums.airshows.co.uk viewtopic.php?f 20&t 25395 ref ref http wn.com RAF Kenley ... Commonwealth and Allied fighter squadrons who shared the honours with the RAF. In a former aircraft ... Air Force and allied air forces, the inscription reads br RAF Kenley Tribute In Honour Of All ... Gauntlets in line.jpg thumb right No 46 Sqn Gauntlets in line at RAF Kenley Deleted image removed ... Representatives at RAF Kenley 1936 Image Kenley Sqn photo.jpg thumb right AOC s visit to 46 Sqn ... more details
The former Royal Air Force Station Laarbruch , more commonly known as RAF Laarbruch ICAO EDUL from 1 ... Sure . ref http www.rafweb.org Stations Stations L.htm laarbruch ref RAF Laarbruch was home to various first line Squadron aviation squadrons , including No. 2 Squadron RAF II AC Squadron flying F 4 Phantom II and No. XV Squadron RAF 15 and No. 16 Squadron RAF 16 Squadrons flying Blackburn Buccaneer ... squadrons 2, 15, 16,and No. 20 Squadron RAF 20 resident. After the Gulf War first Gulf War , many of the squadrons were relocated, No. 2 Sqn going back to RAF Marham and 15, 16, and 20 becoming reserve squadrons. When RAF G tersloh closed, the RAF Harrier II Harriers of No. 3 Squadron RAF 3 F and No. IV Squadron RAF IV AC squadrons moved in along with the helicopters of No. 18 Squadron RAF 18 B Squadron . Laarbruch was also home to 1 and 26 Squadron RAF Regiment . 18 Squadron returned to RAF Odiham in 1997 with the remaining Harrier squadrons departing to RAF Cottesmore in 1999. After .... Civil operations began in May 2003. Laarbruch squadrons No. 2 Squadron RAF flying Phantom FGR.2 up ... the late eighties until the unit was re located to RAF Marham in the late 1990s. No. 3 Squadron RAF ... Harrier GR.5, then GR.7 until the unit was re located to RAF Cottesmore in 1998. No 4 Squadron RAF flying the BAE Harrier GR.5, then the GR.7 version from 1992 until the unit was re located to RAF Cottesmore in 1998. No. 15 Squadron RAF flying the Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 from the 1970s until conversion to the Panavia Tornado GR.1 in 1983 until 1991. No. 16 Squadron RAF flying English Electric Canberra B I 8 58 72 , Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 72 83 Panavia Tornado GR1 83 91 No. 18 Squadron RAF flying Boeing Vertol Chinook HC.1 helicopters 92 97 No. 20 Squadron RAF flying Panavia Tornado GR.1 84 92 No. 31 Squadron RAF flying English Electric Canberra PR.7 No. 69 Squadron RAF flying English Electric Canberra PR.3 No. 79 Squadron RAF flying Gloster Meteor FR.9 54 55 No. 80 Squadron RAF flying ... more details
RAF Ventnor was an Royal Air Force RAF base situated on the Isle of Wight , England . References reflist coord 50 36 0 N 1 11 0 W region GB type city display title RAF stub Category Isle of Wight Category Royal Air Force stations in Hampshire Ventnor ... more details
RAF Kingsnorth may refer to one of two separate military airfields in Kent, which were located at two different places in Kent and operated in two distinct periods. RAF Kingsnorth WWI , 1918 24 formerly RNAS Kingsnorth 1914 1918 on the Isle of Grain RAF Kingsnorth WWII , 1943 45 at Kingsnorth near Ashford, Kent dab ... more details
RAF Sydenham was a Royal Air Force RAF station station in Northern Ireland . In the 1970s it was the main servicing base for Blackburn Buccaneer aircraft, employing 650 civilian workers. ref Northern Ireland Committee of Irish Congress of Trade Unions, The Defence Stations in Northern Ireland The Case for Retention , March 1976 ref Footnotes div class references small references div RAF stub coord 54.618 5.871 type landmark display title Category RAF stations in Northern Ireland Sydenham ... more details
Coord 51 49 59 N 004 57 40 W type airport display title RAF Haverfordwest was a Royal Air Force airfield in World War II . It was operational from 1943 to 1945. The airfield was located 2 miles North of Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire , Wales . It was under the control of No. 17 Group RAF 17 Group , RAF Coastal Command . See also Haverfordwest Aerodrome , a private airfield now operating the site RAF stub DEFAULTSORT Haverfordwest Category Royal Air Force stations in Wales ... more details
RAF Mauripur was a Royal Air Force station in British India outside of Karachi . It is now known as Masroor Airbase . British units continued to use the airfield after the creation of Pakistan in 1947, finally leaving in 1956 Pakistan becoming a republic at this time, and the RAF airfields at RAF Gan Gan and RAF Masirah Masirah taking over RAF Far East Air Force staging duties from Mauripur and RAF Habbaniya Habbaniya which closed at around the same time. Units and aircraft class wikitable Unit Dates Aircraft Variant Notes No. 5 Squadron RAF 1947 Hawker Tempest F2 Single engined piston fighter No. 10 Squadron RAF 1946 1947 C 47 Skytrain Douglas Dakota Twin engined piston transport No. 20 Squadron RAF 1947 Hawker Tempest F2 No. 31 Squadron RAF 1946 and 1947 Douglas Dakota Was 77 Sqn No. 62 Squadron RAF 1947 Douglas Dakota No. 77 Squadron RAF 1945 1946 Douglas Dakota Renumbered 31 Sqn No. 117 Squadron RAF 1943 Douglas Dakota No. 267 Squadron RAF 1945 1946 Douglas Dakota Detachments from Mingaladon No. 298 Squadron RAF 1946 Handley Page Halifax A7 Four engined piston heavy bomber transport conversion References reflist cite book last Jefford first C.G. title RAF Squadrons year 1988 publisher Airlife Publishing Ltd isbn 1 85310 053 6 External links http rafmauripur.org.uk http www.bbc.co.uk ww2peopleswar stories 36 a4282436.shtml Category Royal Air Force stations of World War II in Asia Maur Category Royal Air Force stations in Asia Maur Category World War II sites in Pakistan Maur UK mil stub ... more details
Airport name RAF Nicosia nativename nativename a nativename r image RAF Nicosia crest.jpg image width caption RAF Nicosia crest IATA s NIC s ICAO s LCNC s type Military and formerly joint Military ... The former Royal Air Force Station Nicosia , commonly known as RAF Nicosia , was a Royal Air Force airbase in Cyprus . RAF Nicosia was Headquarters Royal Air Force Cyprus from 8 June to 29 July 1941 Originally, it was the main principal airport for Cyprus , being constructed in the 1930s as RAF Nicosia, and supported both civil and military aviation on the island. The RAF disestablished the station ... Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and is used by United Nations peace keeping patrol helicopter s. RAF Nicosia squadrons and aircraft ref http www.britains smallwars.com cyprus cyprusunits.html raf British units serving Cyprus ref No. 6 Squadron RAF operating Spitfire Oct. 1946 de Havilland Venom from Aug. 1955 ??? No. 8 Squadron RAF operating Auster AOP6 from Jul. 1950 de Haviland Vampire from Jul. 1953 No. 29 Squadron RAF operating Gloster Javelin from Mar. 1963 No. 32 Squadron RAF operating English Electric Canberra B2 No. 33 Squadron RAF operating Gloster Javelin FAW7 No. 39 Squadron RAF operating Gloster Meteor NF13 No. 43 Squadron RAF operating Hawker Hunter FGA 9 from Jun. 1961 No. 70 Squadron RAF operating Vickers Valetta C1, Handley Page Hastings No. 73 Squadron RAF operating de Havilland Venom FB4 No. 74 Squadron RAF operating Spitfire V, later Mk IX from Sep. 1943 No. 80 Squadron RAF operating Hurricane MkI from Jun. 1941 No. 84 Squadron RAF operating Vickers Valetta C1 No. 103 Squadron RAF operating Bristol Sycamore HC1 No. 114 Squadron RAF operating Vickers Valetta C1, de Havilland Chipmunk T10 No. 185 Squadron RAF operating ??? No. 202 Squadron RAF operating Hawker Hunter F6 No. 208 Squadron RAF operating ??? No. 213 Squadron RAF operating ??? No. 230 Squadron RAF operating Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC1 No. 234 Squadron RAF operating ??? No. 249 Squadron RAF operating ... more details
Refimprove date March 2008 RAF Woolsington opened as a civil airport in July 1935 and was requisitioned by the Royal Air Force on the outbreak of World War II . It served at various times as a satellite of both RAF Acklington and RAF Ouston but saw little operational flying. On one notable occasion in 1940, however, a Spitfire of No. 72 Squadron RAF flying out of Woolsington actually shot down a Ju88 at night a remarkable achievement for an aircraft considered unsuitable for night fighting. Woolsington s main wartime role was as the base of 83 Maintenance Unit which salvaged crashed aircraft over much of the region. After the war civil flying resumed and the airport is now known as Newcastle International Airport . See also RAF Coleby Grange RAF Coningsby RAF Cranwell RAF Blyton RAF Northolt RAF Brize Norton References reflist External links http airfields.fotopic.net c1375825.html fotopic page http www.newcastle.gov.uk wwwfileroot regen locallist tyne and wear defence sites.pdf Report on 20th Century defence sites in Tyne and Wear Coord 55 02 15 N 01 41 30 W type airport region GB NET display title DEFAULTSORT Woolsington Category Royal Air Force stations in Northumberland Category Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom mil aviation stub RAF stub mil hist stub ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Royal Air Force Regiment image Image RAFRegtbadge.png caption Crest of the RAF ... command structure No. 2 Group RAF No. 2 Group , RAF Air Command Air Command garrison Depot RAF ... Abbott S Abbott ref http www.rafweb.org AirMin3.htm ref commander1 label Commandant General of the RAF ... Insignia identification symbol Image RAF TRF.svg 65px identification symbol label Tactical ... Regiment RAF Regt is a specialist airfield defence corps founded by Royal Warrant in 1942. After a 32 ... can continue without delay in the aftermath of an attack. RAF Regiment squadrons call upon aggressive .... The RAF Regiment are trained in CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear defence and equipped with advanced vehicles and detection measures and RAF Regiment instructors are responsible for training ... and CBRN skills. Members of the regiment are known within the RAF as The Regiment , Rock Apes or Rocks . History The genesis of the RAF Regiment was with the creation of Number 1 Armoured Car Company RAF No. 1 Armoured Car Company RAF in 1921 for operations in RAF Iraq Command Iraq , followed shortly afterwards by Number 2 Armoured Car Company RAF No. 2 Armoured Car Company RAF and No. 3 Armoured Car Company RAF. These were equipped with Rolls Royce Armoured Car s and were highly successful in ground combat operations throughout the Middle East in the 1920s and 1930s. The RAF Regiment came into existence ... and No. II Squadron retains this capability. 284 Field Squadron was the first RAF unit to arrive in West Berlin in 1945, to secure RAF Gatow . Image Join the RAF Regt.jpg thumb 150px left A recruiting poster from the 1950s. The regiment has a museum at RAF Honington near Bury St Edmunds . The RAF ... 1943. During World War II , with its first headquarters established at RAF Alma Park , Grantham , Lincolnshire and its first depot at nearby RAF Belton Park the RAF Regiment grew to a force of 66,000 ... Car Squadrons to provide an area response capability to several RAF station s. Light Armoured ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2007 File RAF Kilchiaran ROTOR radar station geograph.org.uk 15155.jpg thumb Control buildings for Cold War era RAF ROTOR radar installation at site of RAF Kilchiaran with Second World War Chain Home Low radar control buildings behind. RAF Kilchiaran was an Royal Air Force RAF base situated on the Isle of Islay in Scotland . See also Islay Airport RAF stub coord 55.765 6.454 type landmark region GB display title DEFAULTSORT Kilchiaran Category Islay Category Royal Air Force stations in Scotland ... more details
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