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RAF Torquay was located in Devon and comprised multiple hotels used for initial training by the RAF in Torquay and the surrounding area.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyInitial Training Wings (ITW) were located in the Torquay area where aircrew…

RAF Upavon was located in Wiltshire, 8 miles (13 kms) south of Marlborough.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt originally opened in 1912 and from 1918 became the home of the RAF Central Flying School. The school moved out in 1926 but returned in…

RAF Upper Heyford was a Bomber Command training station located in Oxfordshire 5 miles (8 kms) north-west of Bicester.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was originally opened in July 1918, closed in 1920 but re-opened…

RAF Upwood was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire 7 miles (11 kms) north of Huntingdon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Originally opened in 1916 RAF Upwood re-opened in 1937. In September 1939 it was…

RAF Uxbridge was located in the North London Borough of Hillingdon.See all Archive items | Explore nearby It opened as an RAF Station in 1918 and during the inter-war years was an RAF recruit training centre. From May 1936 to August 1939 Hillingdon…

RAF Waddington was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 3 miles (5 kms) south of Lincoln. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt originally opened in 1916 and subsequently reopened in March 1937. By September…

RAF Warboys was a Bomber Command station in Cambridgeshire 7 miles (11 kms) north-east of Huntingdon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station opened in August 1942 as part of 3 Group. 156 Squadron moved in with…

RAF West Freugh was located in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 5 miles (8 kms) south-east of Stranraer.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt opened in 1937 as an armament training school. During the war the station housed 4 Bombing and Gunnery…

RAF West Raynham was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk, 5 miles (8 kms) south-west of Fakenham.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in May 1939 as part of 2 Group, initially with grass runways. First…

RAF Wigsley was a Bomber Command station located in Nottinghamshire, 8 miles (13 kms) west of Lincoln. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in February 1942. 455 Squadron of 5 Group briefly operated Hampdens from…

RAF Woodhall Spa was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, immediately south of the town of the same name. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyThe station opened in February 1942 in 5 Group. It was initially…

RAF Wyton was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire, 4 miles (6 kms) north-east from Huntingdon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It first opened in 1916 but reopened in 1936 as part of 2 Group. 139…

RAF Honeybourne was a Bomber Command training station located in Worcestershire, 5 miles (8 kms) east of Evesham.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in 1941 and was initially used by Ferry Command with Hudsons,…

RAF Leeming was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 7 miles (11 kms) south-west from Northallerton. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in June 1940 as part of 4 Group. 10 Squadron arrived in July…

See all Archive items 25 Squadron served as a night fighter unit in Fighter Command throughout World War Two. Progressing from Blenheims to Beaufighters to Mosquitos it performed defensive, intruder and bomber escort roles. Refinements: Artwork …

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 23 Squadron spent most of the war as a night fighter and intruder unit. Initially flying Blenheims it successively operated Havocs and Bostons before converting to Mosquitos in December 1942. After a…

See all Archive items | See all wartime lossesIn September 1939, 7 Squadron was a training unit equipped with Hampdens. Initially it was based at RAF Doncaster, RAF Finningley and then RAF Upper Heyford where it became 16 Operational Training Unit in…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses In September 1939, 10 Squadron was part of 4 Group Bomber Command equipped with Whitleys at RAF Dishforth. From July 1940 to August 1942 the squadron was based at RAF Leeming where it converted to…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses In September 1939, 15 Squadron, was flying Battles and deployed in France as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force. The squadron returned to Britain in December 1939 at RAF Wyton in 2 Group and…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses At the start of the war 18 Squadron was equipped with Blenheims and sent to France as part of the Air Component of the British Expeditionary Force. In May 1940 the squadron returned to Britain at RAF…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses In September 1939, 21 Squadron was in 2 Group based at RAF Watton with Blenheims. From June to October 1940 the squadron operated out of RAF Lossiemouth following which it returned to RAF Watton to…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses In September 1939, 35 Squadron was a training unit, equipped with a mix of Battles, Ansons and Blenheims. It was based successively at RAF Cranfield, RAF Bassingbourn and RAF Upwood before it became 17…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses At the start of the war 40 Squadron was part of the Advanced Air Striking Force in France equipped with Battles. On returning to Britain in December 1939 at RAF Wyton in 2 Group it converted to…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 44 Squadron was reformed in March 1937 and flew Hampdens from RAF Waddington as part of 5 Group at the start of the war. In December 1941 it was the first squadron to introduce Lancasters to operational…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses In September 1939, 49 Squadron was at RAF Scampton flying Hampdens as part of 5 Group. Having flown more Hampden sorties than any other squadron it converted to Manchesters in April 1942 and then to…