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RAF Henlow is located in Bedfordshire 9 miles (15 kms) north-east of Luton. See all Archive items | Explore nearby RAF Henlow is one of the five original 1918 RAF stations still in use. Originally used to repair aircraft it also housed an RAF…

RAF Hullavington was an RAF training station located in Wiltshire 4 miles (7 kms) north of Chippenham. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station was opened in 1937 and used primarily for training. Units using the station during World War…

RAF Jurby was a training and operational station located in the north west of the Isle of Man. See all Archive items |Explore nearby Opened in 1939 the first occupants were 5 Air Observers School and 5 Bombing and Gunnery School. Aircraft used…

RAF Kirkham was a trades and armament training station located in Lancashire mid way between Preston and Blackpool. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in 1940 and was a training camp for the RAF covering 21 trades and 86…

RAF Leuchars was an RAF station located in Fife, Scotland, 4 miles (6 kms) north west of St. Andrews. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The site was a training airfield during World War One. It was formerly named RAF…

RAF Little Horwood was a Bomber Command training station located in Buckinghamshire 6 miles (9 kms) south west of Bletchley. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Opened in 1942 RAF Little Horwood was a satellite for RAF…

RAF Locking was a technical training station located in Somerset immediately east of Western-super-Mare. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in January 1939 with 5 School of Technical Training focussed on RAF trades including…

RAF Lyneham was an RAF station located in Wiltshire 6 miles (10 kms) north east of Chippenham. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station opened in 1940 and hard runways constructed in 1941. 511 Squadron used B-24s…

RAF Martlesham Heath was an RAF station located in Suffolk 2 miles (3 kms) south west of Woodbridge. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station was used during World War One and subsequently was the base for the…

RAF Northolt is an RAF station located to the west of London 2 miles (4 kms) from Uxbridge. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The original airfield opened in 1915 and it is the oldest RAF station in continuous use. It…

RAF Odiham is an RAF station located in Hampshire 5 miles (8 kms) south of Hook. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Flying began from the site in 1925 but RAF Odiham wasn’t opened as an official RAF station until 1937. During World War Two…

RAF Penrhos was a Bomber Command training station located on the Lleyn Peninsular in Gwynedd 15 miles (24 kms) west of Porthmadog. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Opened in 1937 RAF Penrhos was mainly used as a training station for Bomber…

RAF Peterborough was a training station located in Cambridgeshire 2 miles (3 kms) north west of Peterborough. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in 1932 and during World War Two was home to a number of training units…

RAF Prestwick was mainly a ferry hub located on the South Ayrshire coast 3 miles (5 kms) north of Ayr. See all Archive items | Explore nearby At the start of the war RAF Prestwick was home to an Elementary Flying Training School with Tiger Moths. 1…

RAF Shallufa was an RAF station located in Egypt, immediately north of the town of Suez. See all Archive items | Explore nearby RAF Shallufa was the most southerly of the RAF stations in Egypt. It was used by Wellingtons of the RAF Middle East and…

RAF Sealand (originally RAF Shotwick) was a station located in Flintshire, Wales adjacent to the border with England 4 miles (7 kms) north west of Chester. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Originally named RAF Shotwick the station was used as…

RAF South Cerney was an RAF training station located in Gloucestershire 2 miles (4 kms) south east of Cirencester. See all Archive items | Explore nearby RAF South Cerney was opened in 1937 as a training station. Units using the station included 3…

RAF Stanton Harcourt was an RAF training station located in Oxfordshire 7 miles (11 kms) west of Oxford. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby RAF Stanton Harcourt was opened in September 1940 as a satellite station to RAF…

RAF Stoney Cross was an RAF station located in the New Forest in Hampshire 4 miles (6 kms) north west of Lyndhurst. See all Archive items | Explore nearby RAF Stoney Cross opened in November 1942 and was originally used by Army co-operation units…

RAF Tangmere was a Fighter Command station located in West Sussex, 3 miles (5 kms) north east of Chichester. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station was opened in 1918 and by 1939 was in Fighter Command with…

RAF Tarrant Rushton was an RAF station located in Dorset 3 miles (5 kms) east of Blandford Forum. See all Archive items | Explore nearby RAF Tarrant Rushton opened in 1943 and was used by 38 Group for airborne forces operations. 298 Squadron and…

RAF Thorney Island was an RAF Coastal Command station located in West Sussex 7 miles (11 kms) east of Portsmouth. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Opened in 1938 RAF Thorney Island was in Coastal Command for most of…

RAF Wainfleet was an RAF bombing range located on the Lincolnshire coast of the Wash just offshore from Wainfleet St Mary. See all Archive items |Explore nearby The bombing range opened in 1938 and was used extensively during the war for Bomber…

RAF Watchfield was an RAF training station located in Oxfordshire 3 miles (5 kms) south west of Faringdon. See all Archive items |Explore nearby RAF Watchfield opened in 1940 and was used by a number of training units including 3 Elementary Flying…

RAF Windrush was an RAF training station located in Gloucestershire 4 miles (6kms) west of Burford. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby RAF Windrush opened in 1940 and was used for training throughout the war. Originally…