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RAF Ford was located in West Sussex, immediately west of Littlehampton.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Originally opened in 1918 the station initially entered the war with the Fleet Air Arm but in 1940 it transferred…

RAF Gaydon was a Bomber Command training station located in Warwickshire, 11 miles (17 kms) north-west of Banbury.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in 1942 and was used by 12 Operational Training Unit equipped…

RAF Gransden Lodge was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire, 10 miles (16 kms) west of Cambridge.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in April 1942 as part of 3 Group and the first occupants were…

RAF Dyce was located in Aberdeenshire, 5 miles (8 kms) north-west from Aberdeen.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The site was a civil airfield from 1934 but was requisitioned during the war by the RAF. The station was used by both Fighter…

RAF Hampstead Norris was a Bomber Command training station located in Berkshire, 11 miles (17 kms) north-west of Reading.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in 1940 and was used by 15 Operational Training Unit…

RAF Harwell was a Bomber Command training station located in Oxfordshire, 6 miles (10 kms) south of Abingdon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was opened in 1935 and in September 1939 75 Squadron and 148 Squadron…

RAF Hatfield was located in Hertfordshire on the western outskirts of Hatfield.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The site opened in 1930 as the location of the de Havilland Aircraft Company. During World War Two almost 5600 aircraft were made…

RAF Hawarden was located in North Wales near the English border, 4 miles (7 kms) south-west of Chester.See all Archive items | Explore nearby It opened in September 1939 and used as a training station for Spitfire and Hurricane pilots. Halifaxes,…

RAF Honington was a Bomber Command station located in Suffolk, 6 miles (10 kms) south of Thetford.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in 1937 as part of 3 Group with the Wellingtons of 9 Squadron in residence.…

RAF Hornchurch (also known as Sutton’s Farm) was located in Essex, 14 miles (23 kms) north-east of central London.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyOriginally closed after World War One the station was repurchased in 1923 and reopened in 1928…

RAF Horsham St Faith was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk on the northern outskirts of Norwich.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in June 1940 as part of 2 Group with the arrival of 114 Squadron and…

RAF Hurn was located in Dorset, 4 miles (6 kms) north-east of Christchurch.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in March 1941 and, following runway extensions in 1942, was mainly used by Transport Command in an…

RAF Inverness (also known as Longman) was located on the northern outskirts of Inverness.See all Archive items | Explore nearby Originally a 1930s civilian airport RAF Inverness officially opened in 1941 as part of Fighter Command. It was used by…

RAF Kemble is located across the Wiltshire – Gloucestershire border, 5 miles (8 kms) south-west of Cirencester.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in 1938. During the war it was used by 5 Maintenance Unit and the Overseas…

RAF Kenley was located in Surrey, 5 miles (8 kms) south of Croydon.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station was originally opened in 1917. The station was in Fighter Command throughout World War Two and in 1940 it played a major frontline…

RAF Kimbolton is located in Cambridgeshire, 8 miles (13 kms) west of Huntingdon. See all Archive items | Explore nearby It was opened in 1942 and used for the rest of the war by the Eighth United States Army Air Force with B-17s. Refinements: …

RAF Lichfield was a Bomber Command training station located in Staffordshire, 3 miles (5 kms) north-east of Lichfield.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in August 1940. 27 Operational Training Unit was formed…

RAF Little Rissington was located on the Oxfordshire – Gloucestershire Border, 4 miles (7 kms) south of Stow-on-the-Wold.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in 1938 and during the war was home to 6 Service Flying Training…

RAF Little Staughton was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire, 4 miles (7 kms) west of St. Neots.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was opened in September 1942 and allocated initially to the United…

RAF Llandwrog was located in Gwynedd in Wales, 4 miles (6 kms) south-west of Caernarfon.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in January 1941 and was used to train air gunners, wireless operators and navigators for Bomber Command…

RAF Inver (also known as Tain) was located in the county of Ross in Scotland, on the southern shore of Dornoch Firth, midway between Tain and Inver.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses| Explore nearby The station was built on the site of…

RAF Madley was located in Herefordshire, 6 miles (10 kms) south-west of Hereford.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in August 1941. It was primarily utilised by 4 Signals School, later re-named 4 Radio School, to train…

RAF Market Harborough was a Bomber Command training station located in Leicestershire, 2 miles (3.5 kms) north-west of Market Harborough.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in 1943 and used until June 1945 by 14…

RAF Mauripur was located in what is now Pakistan, 4 miles (6 kms) north-west of Karachi. Prior to independence and partition in 1947 RAF Mauripur was in British India.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in 1942 and primarily…

RAF Mona is located on the Island of Anglesey off the North Wales coast.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station was originally used for airships for the Royal Naval Air Service during World War One. It was re-opened by the RAF in 1942 and…
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