RAF Witchford [entry point]

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RAF Witchford was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire, 2 miles (3 kms) south-west from Ely.

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It opened in June 1943 as part of 3 Group. 196 Squadron arrived in July 1943 with Wellingtons but immediately converted to Stirlings. In November 1943 196 Squadron was replaced by 115 Squadron equipped with Lancasters. 195 Squadron, with Lancasters, formed at the station in October 1944 but then moved out leaving 115 Squadron operating from RAF Witchford until the end of the war.

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Terry Hancock

Nigel Moore

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“RAF Witchford [entry point],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6498.

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