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Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland.See allArchive items|Explore nearby During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned…

Captured Allied prisoner of waraircrew were all first sent to the Dulag Luft camp run by the Luftwaffe. Dulag Luft comprised the interrogation centre at Oberursel, 10 miles (16 kms) north west of Frankfurt and a transit camp at Wetzlar 30 miles (50…

RAF Bircotes (originally known as RAF Bawtry) was a Bomber Command training station located in South Yorkshire 8 miles south east from Doncaster. It is immediately west of the village of Bawtry, close to the borders with Nottinghamshire and…

RAF Staverton was a training station located 4 miles (6 kms) west of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. See all Archive items | Explore nearbyOpened in 1936 RAF Staverton was used for training for the next 10 years. Units based there included 2…

RAF Valley is an operational station located 4 miles (7 kms) southeast of Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyRAF Valley was opened in 1941 in Fighter Command to provide defence for the north-west of…

RAF Andreas was a Bomber Command training station located at the northern tip of the Isle of Man. See all Archive items | Explore nearbyRAF Andreas opened in 1941 as a Fighter Command station with Spitfires. Its location was ideal to protect…

RAF Calshot was a flying boat and air sea rescue station located at the tip of Calshot spit in Southampton Water. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Originally opened in 1913 to test seaplanes it became an RAF station in 1918. The station was…

RAF Church Fenton was a Fighter Command station located 4 miles (7 kms) south-east of Tadcaster in North Yorkshire. See all Archive items | Losses Database|Explore nearbyOpened in 1937 RAF Church Fenton remained in Fighter Command throughout World…

RAF Debden was a Fighter Command station located 3 miles (5 kms) south east of Saffron Walden in Essex. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in 1937 in Fighter Command and was a Sector Station during the Battle of Britain flying…

RAF Desford was a training station located 7 miles (11 kms) west of Leicester in Leicestershire. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Opened in 1935 RAF Desford was initially a civilian flying school but during the war was home to 7 Elementary…

RAF Dunkeswell was a station used by the United States Army Air Force located 5 miles (8 kms) north of Honiton in Devon. See all Archive items | Explore nearbyOpened in 1943 the station was transferred to the United States Army Air Force. B-24s and a…

RAF White Waltham was a training station and HQ of the Air Transport Auxiliary located 2 miles (4 kms) southwest of Maidenhead in Berkshire.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyThe site was first used by the de Havilland family in 1928 as the…

RAF Kirton in Lindsey (also known as Kirton-in-Lindsey) was a fighter station located 15 miles (24 kms) north of Lincoln in Lincolnshire. See all Archive items | Explore nearbyOriginally used in World War One RAF Kirton in Lindsey was re-opened in…

RAF West Malling was a Fighter Command station located 5 miles (8 kms) west of Maidstone in Kent. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Opened in June 1940 RAF West Malling was initially used by Defiants and Army…

RCAF Rivers was a training station located 3 miles (5 kms) south west of Rivers, Manitoba in Canada. See all Archive items | Explore nearby RCAF Rivers opened in November 1940 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. It was home to 1…

RCAF Moncton was a training station located immediately east of Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Opened in December 1940 RCAF Moncton was used as a training station as part of the British Commonwealth Air…

Stalag 7A was a prisoner of war camp run by the German Army located immediately north of Moosburg in southern Bavaria.See allArchive items|Explore nearbyIt was opened in September 1939, initially for 10,000 Polish prisoners. It became the largest…

Stalag 4B was a prisoner of war camp run by the German Army located 30 miles (50 kms) north-west of Dresden.See allArchive items|Explore nearbyInitially used for Polish prisoners of war the camp became one of the largest in Germany. By the end of the…

RCAF Dauphin was a training station located in Manitoba Canada, immediately south of the town of Dauphin. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station was opened in 1941 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. It was home to 10…

RAF Dalcross was a training station in the Scottish Highland region located 8 miles (13 kms) north east from Inverness, on the southern shore of the Moray Firth. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Opened in 1940 RAF Dalcross was first occupied…

RAF Aston Down was a station located in Gloucestershire 6 miles (10 kms) south east of Stroud. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Originally named RAF Minchinhampton during World War One the station was officially reopened as RAF Aston Down in…

RAF Barford St John was a Bomber Command training station located in Oxfordshire, 4 miles (6 kms) south of Banbury. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was opened in July 1941 with grass runways and initially used by…

RAF Benson is an RAF station located in Oxfordshire, 2 miles (4 km) north-east of Wallingford. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby RAF Benson opened in early 1939. Initially 103 Squadron and 150 Squadron used the station…

RAF Bircham Newton was an RAF station located in north Norfolk 13 miles (21 kms) north east of King’s Lynn. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station was initially used during World War One. During World War Two…

RAF Brough was located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, adjacent to the Humber Estuary immediately south of the town of Brough. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The site was the location of the Blackburn Aeroplane Company established in 1916.…