RAF Shenington [entry point]

RAF Shenington [entry point]

RAF Edgehill [entry point]

RAF Shenington (also known as Edgehill) was a Bomber Command training station located in Oxfordshire, 6 miles (10 kms) west of Banbury.

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It opened in October 1941 during the war it was used by the Wellingtons of 12 Operational Training Unit and 21 Operational Training Unit. In 1942 the station was also used for test flying the first British jet aircraft, the Gloster E28/39.

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