RAF West Freugh [entry point]

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RAF West Freugh [entry point]

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RAF West Freugh was located in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 5 miles (8 kms) south-east of Stranraer.

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It opened in 1937 as an armament training school. During the war the station housed 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, 4 Observer Advanced Flying Unit and the Bomber Command Experimental Unit. Currently MOD West Freugh test ranges, offshore and onshore, are still used for bombs and air-to-ground missile testing.

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“RAF West Freugh [entry point],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed November 8, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5730.

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