RAF Barrow in Furness (also known as Walney) is located on Walney Island, Cumbria, 2 miles (3 kms) north-west of Barrow in Furness.

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The station opened in October 1941 and it was used throughout the war by 10 Gunnery School. Lysanders and Defiants were initially used but later superseded by Ansons. Later in the war Wellingtons were used with Spitfires and Hurricanes utilised for fighter simulations.

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RAF Banff was located in Aberdeenshire, 4 miles (6 kms) west of Banff.

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It opened in April 1943 and used by 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit of Training Command with Oxfords. Three Beam Approach Flights also used Oxfords at the station during this period. In August 1944 the station transferred to Coastal Command and was home to the Banff Strike Wing of Beaufighters and Mosquitos until the end of the war.

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RAF Bawtry was a Bomber Command station located in South Yorkshire, 10 miles south-east of Doncaster.

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The station was a requisitioned country house known as Bawtry Hall. In July 1941 it became the headquarters for 1 Group Bomber Command, a role it continued to serve until after the end of the war.

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RAF Bentley Priory was located near Stanmore in the north London borough of Harrow.

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The 18th Century house in the Priory estate was acquired by the RAF in 1926 and, during World War Two, was the headquarters of both Fighter Command and the Royal Observer Corps. The ‘Dowding System’ used to control the Battle of Britain was focussed on the station with its filter room and operations room receiving radar and Observer Corps information before passing the relevant information down the chain of command to fighter groups, sector stations and individual stations. On 6 June 1944 King George VI, Winston Churchill and General Dwight Eisenhower followed the progress of the Normandy campaign D-Day landings from the operations room at RAF Bentley Priory. The site now houses a museum.

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RAF Bicester was a Bomber Command training station located in Oxfordshire immediately north of the town.

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Originally a Royal Flying Corps station it was redeveloped in the 1920s as bomber station. In September 1939 104 Squadron and 108 Squadron were in residence as training units with Blenheims and Ansons. The two squadrons merged in April 1940 to become 13 Operational Training Unit (OTU). In October 1939 the prototype Halifax made its maiden flight from the station. By 1944 13 OTU was mainly equipped with B-25s and Mosquitos.

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RAF Biggin Hill was located in Bromley, 12 miles (22 kms) south-east of central London.

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The station opened in 1917 as part of the Royal Flying Corps. In 1940 RAF Biggin Hill was a frontline station during the Battle of Britain with Defiant, Spitfire and Hurricane squadrons and it remained in Fighter Command for the duration of the war. The site is now a civilian airport.

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RAF Bishops Court was located in County Down, Northern Ireland, 6 miles (10 kms) east of Downpatrick.

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The station opened in May 1943 and was a training station for 7 Air Observers School, later renamed 7 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit, and 12 Air Gunners School. Coastal Command B-24s also used the station which also had a radar installation on site.

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RAF Brawdy was located in Pembrokeshire in Wales, 6 miles (10 kms) east of St Davids.

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It opened in February 1944 with the Halifaxes of 517 Squadron conducting meteorological flights from the station until after the end of the war. A detachment from 521 Squadron with B-17s also used the station from November 1944 to May 1945 for meteorological flights.

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RAF Cardington was located in Bedfordshire, 2 miles (4 kms) south-east of Bedford.

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Originally used as a site for the construction of airships, including the R101, Cardington commenced construction of barrage balloons in 1936 at which time it became 1 RAF Training Unit and a training centre for thousands of operators of barrage balloons.

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RAF Cark was located in Cumbria, on the southern tip of the Cartmel peninsular.

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It opened in 1941 as part of Fighter Command, later transferring to Training Command for staff pilot training and anti aircraft gunnery training. Aircraft used included Battles, Ansons, Hurricanes, Martinets and Spitfires. The station closed in 1947.

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RAF Catterick was located in North Yorkshire immediately to the south of the town of Catterick.

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It was originally used by the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. The station was redeveloped during the 1920s and 1930s. During the first three years of World War Two the station was a frontline Fighter Command station, mainly with Spitfire squadrons. From 1943 onwards it was used by Fighter Command reserve units. In 1994 the station was transferred to the Army.

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RAF Church Broughton was a Bomber Command training station located in Derbyshire, 7 miles (11 kms) east of Uttoxeter.

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It was built in 1942 and used as a satellite station for the Wellingtons of 27 Operational Training Unit based at nearby RAF Lichfield.

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RAF Clyffe Pypard was located in Wiltshire, 4 miles (6 kms) south of Royal Wootton Bassett.

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The station opened in 1941 and was used until the end of the war by 29 Elementary Flying Training School, equipped with Tiger Moths.

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RAF Coltishall was located in Norfolk, 10 miles (16 kms) north of Norwich.

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The station opened in 1940 in Fighter Command. It was used as a day fighter station with Hurricanes, Spitfires and P-51s. RAF Coltishall was also used by Beaufighter night-fighters as well as by Fleet Air Arm units. From 1940 to 1945 the station was used by more than 80 fighter squadrons.

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RAF Compton Bassett was located in Wiltshire, 1 mile (2 kms) east of Calne.

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It was a non-flying station opened in 1940 and was used for radar and radio training schools.

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RAF Cosford is located in Shropshire, 9 miles (14 kms) north-west of Wolverhampton.

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It opened in 1938 as a training station, a role which it continues to provide. 2 School of Technical training opened in 1938 and during the war trained 70,000 engine fitters, airframe fitters, flight mechanics and armourers. In 1940 an RAF hospital was opened on the site and, by 1945, had treated 42,000 patients. By 1948 13,000 returning ex-prisoners of war were processed through the site. Part of the site is now occupied by the RAF Museum.

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RAF Cottesmore was a Bomber Command station located in Rutland, 5 miles (8 kms) north-east of Oakham.

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RAF Cottesmore opened in 1938 and in late 1939 it became home to 106 Squadron and 185 Squadron, both with Hampdens. 106 Squadron quickly moved out and 185 Squadron became 14 Operational Training Unit (OTU) with Hampdens, Herefords and Ansons. 14 OTU converted to Wellingtons before moving out in August 1943 when RAF Cottesmore transferred to the United States Army Air Force.

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RAF Cranage was located in Cheshire, 3 miles (5 kms) north-east of Middlewich.

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The station opened in October 1940 and was used by 2 School of Air Navigation using Ansons. It 1942 the unit was renamed Central Navigation School and by 1944 it was using Ansons and Wellingtons. 96 Hurricane night-fighter squadron also used the station defending the Liverpool area. A Vickers-Armstrong factory adjacent to the station assembled Wellingtons and used the station for test flying them.

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RAF Dallachy was located in Moray, Scotland, 9 miles (14.5 kms) east of Elgin.

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The station opened in March 1943 and was initially used by 14 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit equipped with Oxfords. It September 1944 the station became part of Coastal Command and home to a strike wing of Beaufighters. The station was also used by air-sea rescue units flying Warwicks.

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RAF Dumfries was located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, 2 miles (4 kms) north-east of Dumfries.

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The station opened in June 1940 and used by Training Command with 10 Bombing and Gunnery School taking up residence. Using Harrows and Battles the school trained bomb aimers and air gunners. In September 1940 the school was renamed 10 Air Observer School and started to train navigators as well in Whitleys and Bothas. The final name change was in September 1942 when the school became 10 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit with Ansons replacing the Bothas.

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RAF Dunsfold was located in Surrey, 7 miles (11 kms) south of Guildford.

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The station opened in October 1942 and the first occupants were fighter squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force flying P-40s and P-51s.  From late 1943 the station was under RAF control and used by B-25s, Tempests, Typhoons and Spitfires of the Second Tactical Air Force. The station was used as a repatriation centre for more than 47,000 returning prisoners of war.

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RAF Eastchurch was located on the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent.

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The site was first used for aviation in 1909 and became RAF Eastchurch in April 1918. During World War Two the station was part of Coastal Command but also used by fighter squadrons. From 12 August to 7 September 1940 Battles from 12 Squadron and 142 Squadron in Bomber Command were on temporary detachment at the station in order to attack anti-invasion targets on the French coast.

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RAF Evanton was located on the northern shore of the Cromarty Firth, 6 miles (10 kms) north-east of Dingwall.

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The site was originally used as a naval station known as HMS Fieldfare. It was also used by the RAF during the war and known by them as RAF Evanton where it was used for air gunner training.

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RAF Fairford is located in Gloucestershire, 7 miles (12 kms) south-east of Cirencester.

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The station was built in 1944 for use by British and American troop carriers and gliders for the Normandy Campaign and later airborne operations. Subsequently the station has been used by the United States Air Force and is the venue for the annual Royal International Air Tattoo.

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RAF Farnborough is located in Hampshire, 2 miles (4 km) north of Aldershot.

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The site was first associated with flying in 1905 with use by the Army Balloon Factory. During World War One the factory, by then known as the Royal Aircraft Factory, produced many aircraft for the Royal Flying Corps. When the Royal Air Force was formed in 1918 the factory was renamed the Royal Aircraft Establishment which engaged in aircraft development, research and experimental work until 1988. The site is still used for defence research.

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