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RAF Windrush was an RAF training station located in Gloucestershire 4 miles (6kms) west of Burford. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby RAF Windrush opened in 1940 and was used for training throughout the war. Originally…

RAF Wigtown was located in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 7 miles (11 kms) south of Newton Stewart.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt opened in 1941 as part of Training Command and used by 1 Air Observers School, later renamed 1 Advanced…

RAF Wigsley was a Bomber Command station located in Nottinghamshire, 8 miles (13 kms) west of Lincoln. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in February 1942. 455 Squadron of 5 Group briefly operated Hampdens from…

RAF Wick was a station located in the far north of Scotland 11 miles (18 kms) south of John O’Groats.See all Archive items | Wartime losses|Explore nearby RAF Wick opened in 1939 initially under the joint ownership of Fighter and Coastal Commands.…

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 Weston Zoyland (also known as Westonzoyland) was located in Somerset, 4 miles (6 kms) south-east of Bridgwater.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in the 1920s and was used during the war primarily in an Army and…

RAF Westcott was a Bomber Command training station located in Buckinghamshire, 7 miles (11 kms) north-west of Aylesbury.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in September 1942 and 11 Operational Training Unit…

RAF West Raynham was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk, 5 miles (8 kms) south-west of Fakenham.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in May 1939 as part of 2 Group, initially with grass runways. First…

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…

RAF West Freugh was located in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 5 miles (8 kms) south-east of Stranraer.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt opened in 1937 as an armament training school. During the war the station housed 4 Bombing and Gunnery…

RAF Wellesbourne Mountford was a Bomber Command training station located in Warwickshire, 4 miles (6 kms) east of Stratford-upon-Avon. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station was opened in April 1941 when 22…

RAF Watton was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk, 9 miles (14 kms) south-west of Dereham.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in 1939 as part of 2 Group and was initially used by 21 Squadron and 82…

RAF Wattisham was a Bomber Command station located in Suffolk 7 miles (12 kms) north-west of Ipswich. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in April 1939 in 2 Group. At the start of the war it was home to 107…

RAF Watchfield was an RAF training station located in Oxfordshire 3 miles (5 kms) south west of Faringdon. See all Archive items |Explore nearby RAF Watchfield opened in 1940 and was used by a number of training units including 3 Elementary Flying…

RAF Warboys was a Bomber Command station in Cambridgeshire 7 miles (11 kms) north-east of Huntingdon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station opened in August 1942 as part of 3 Group. 156 Squadron moved in with…

RAF Wainfleet was an RAF bombing range located on the Lincolnshire coast of the Wash just offshore from Wainfleet St Mary. See all Archive items |Explore nearby The bombing range opened in 1938 and was used extensively during the war for Bomber…

RAF Waddington was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 3 miles (5 kms) south of Lincoln. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt originally opened in 1916 and subsequently reopened in March 1937. By September…

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 Uxbridge was located in the North London Borough of Hillingdon.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt opened as an RAF Station in 1918 and during the inter-war years was an RAF recruit training centre. From May 1936 to August 1939 Hillingdon…

RAF Upwood was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire 7 miles (11 kms) north of Huntingdon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Originally opened in 1916 RAF Upwood re-opened in 1937. In September 1939 it was…

RAF Upper Heyford was a Bomber Command training station located in Oxfordshire 5 miles (8 kms) north-west of Bicester.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was originally opened in July 1918, closed in 1920 but re-opened…

RAF Upavon was located in Wiltshire, 8 miles (13 kms) south of Marlborough.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt originally opened in 1912 and from 1918 became the home of the RAF Central Flying School. The school moved out in 1926 but returned in…

RAF Twinwood Farm was located in Bedfordshire, 4 miles (6 kms) north of Bedford.See all Archive items | Explore nearby It was opened in 1941 and used by 51 Operational Training Unit training night-fighter aircrew with Beauforts, Blenheims,…

RAF Turweston was a Bomber Command training station located in Buckinghamshire, 9 miles (15 kms) north of Bicester.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in November 1942 and initially used by 12 Operational…

RAF Tuddenham was a Bomber Command station located in Suffolk, 7 miles (11 kms) north-west of Bury St Edmunds.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened as part of 3 Group in October 1943. The station was equipped with…