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RAF Staverton was a training station located 4 miles (6 kms) west of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. See all Archive items | Explore nearbyOpened in 1936 RAF Staverton was used for training for the next 10 years. Units based there included 2…

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 Andreas was a Bomber Command training station located at the northern tip of the Isle of Man. See all Archive items | Explore nearbyRAF Andreas opened in 1941 as a Fighter Command station with Spitfires. Its location was ideal to protect…

RAF Calshot was a flying boat and air sea rescue station located at the tip of Calshot spit in Southampton Water. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Originally opened in 1913 to test seaplanes it became an RAF station in 1918. The station was…

RAF Church Fenton was a Fighter Command station located 4 miles (7 kms) south-east of Tadcaster in North Yorkshire. See all Archive items | Losses Database|Explore nearbyOpened in 1937 RAF Church Fenton remained in Fighter Command throughout World…

RAF Debden was a Fighter Command station located 3 miles (5 kms) south east of Saffron Walden in Essex. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in 1937 in Fighter Command and was a Sector Station during the Battle of Britain flying…

RAF Desford was a training station located 7 miles (11 kms) west of Leicester in Leicestershire. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Opened in 1935 RAF Desford was initially a civilian flying school but during the war was home to 7 Elementary…

RAF Dunkeswell was a station used by the United States Army Air Force located 5 miles (8 kms) north of Honiton in Devon. See all Archive items | Explore nearbyOpened in 1943 the station was transferred to the United States Army Air Force. B-24s and a…

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 Kirton in Lindsey (also known as Kirton-in-Lindsey) was a fighter station located 15 miles (24 kms) north of Lincoln in Lincolnshire. See all Archive items | Explore nearbyOriginally used in World War One RAF Kirton in Lindsey was re-opened in…

RCAF Rivers was a training station located 3 miles (5 kms) south west of Rivers, Manitoba in Canada. See all Archive items | Explore nearby RCAF Rivers opened in November 1940 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. It was home to 1…

RCAF Moncton was a training station located immediately east of Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Opened in December 1940 RCAF Moncton was used as a training station as part of the British Commonwealth Air…

RAF Dalcross was a training station in the Scottish Highland region located 8 miles (13 kms) north east from Inverness, on the southern shore of the Moray Firth. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Opened in 1940 RAF Dalcross was first occupied…

RAF Aston Down was a station located in Gloucestershire 6 miles (10 kms) south east of Stroud. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Originally named RAF Minchinhampton during World War One the station was officially reopened as RAF Aston Down in…

RAF Barford St John was a Bomber Command training station located in Oxfordshire, 4 miles (6 kms) south of Banbury. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was opened in July 1941 with grass runways and initially used by…

RAF Benson is an RAF station located in Oxfordshire, 2 miles (4 km) north-east of Wallingford. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby RAF Benson opened in early 1939. Initially 103 Squadron and 150 Squadron used the station…

RAF Bircham Newton was an RAF station located in north Norfolk 13 miles (21 kms) north east of King’s Lynn. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station was initially used during World War One. During World War Two…

RAF Brough was located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, adjacent to the Humber Estuary immediately south of the town of Brough. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The site was the location of the Blackburn Aeroplane Company established in 1916.…

RAF Castle Combe was an RAF training station located in Wiltshire 4 miles (7 kms) north west of Chippenham. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station was opened in May 1941 as a practice landing ground for 9 Service Flying Training School…

RAF Church Lawford was an RAF training station located in Warwickshire 3 miles (5 kms) south west of Rugby. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Opened in 1941 RAF Church Lawford was used for training until 1948. Various training units operated…

RAF Defford was located in Worcestershire 7 miles (12 kms) west of Evesham See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby RAF Defford was opened in 1941 on land requisitioned from the Croome Park Estate. The station was initially…

RAF Desborough was a Bomber Command training station located in Northamptonshire 4 miles (7 kms) south west of Corby. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Opened in September 1943 with three tarmac runways RAF Desborough…

RAF Eastleigh was an RAF station in Kenya located in the eastern suburbs of Nairobi. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The RAF started using the station in December 1929 and it became the primary RAF station in East Africa. During World War…

RAF Grantham (originally RAF Spittlegate and later known as RAF Spitalgate) was a Bomber Command training station located in Lincolnshire, immediately east of Grantham. See all Archive items | Explore nearby During World War One the airfield was…

RAF Heaton Park was an aircrew despatch centre located in the northern suburbs of Manchester 4 miles (7 kms) from the city centre. See all Archive items |Explore nearby Heaton Park is over 500 acres of parkland and countryside. During World War Two…