RAF Desborough [entry point]

Title

RAF Desborough [entry point]

Description

RAF Desborough was a Bomber Command training station located in Northamptonshire 4 miles (7 kms) south west of Corby.

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Opened in September 1943 with three tarmac runways RAF Desborough was home to 84 Operational Training Unit flying Wellingtons and Martinets. The unit disbanded in June 1945 and the station closed in 1946.



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Physical object                    Text. Personal research
Physical object. Clothing          Text. Poetry
Physical object. Decoration        Text. Service material
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Contributor

Nigel Moore

Citation

“RAF Desborough [entry point],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 23, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/44018.

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