RAF Bardney was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire 10 miles (16 kms) east of Lincoln.

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The station opened in April 1943 with three concrete runways as part of 5 Group. RAF Bardney became home to the Lancasters of 9 Squadron until July 1945. 9 Squadron used Tallboy bombs, one of only two squadrons to do so. In October-November 1944 both 227 Squadron and 189 Squadron re-formed with Lancasters at the station but quickly moved out. In April 1945 189 Squadron returned and joined 9 Squadron at RAF Bardney for the last month of the war.

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RAF Bitteswell was a Bomber Command training station located in Leicestershire, 2 miles (3 kms) north-west of Lutterworth.

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It opened in 1941 and during the war the station was used as a satellite station for RAF Bramcote and RAF Bruntingthorpe including 18 Operational Training Unit and 29 Operational Training Unit for Bomber Command with Wellingtons. In 1943 a factory was built by Armstrong Whitworth adjacent to RAF Bitteswell where Lancasters built at their Bagington site near Coventry were assembled and the station was used for test flying them.

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RAF Blyton was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 4 miles (6 kms) north-east of Gainsborough.

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Construction began in 1942 and even before the station officially opened 18 Operational Training Unit (OTU) arrived with Wellingtons. RAF Blyton opened in November 1942 and 199 Squadron reformed with Wellingtons, remaining until February 1943 when it, and 18 OTU, moved out. They were replaced by 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), initially with Manchesters, Halifaxes and Lancasters but by the end of 1943 only Halifaxes were in use. In November 1944 RAF Blyton and 1662 HCU transferred to 7 Group and re-equipped with Lancasters.

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RAF Boscombe Down is located in Wiltshire, 8 miles (13 kms) north of Salisbury.

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It was used as a training site in 1917 and it re-opened in 1930 as a pre-war bomber station. The Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment arrived in September 1939 since when the station has been associated with experimental and test flying. 35 Squadron with Halifaxes was based at the station for two weeks in November 1940. In December 1940 109 Squadron was formed with Ansons, Whitleys and Wellingtons to devise methods for jamming German radio and developing navigation aids for Bomber Command; it moved out in 1942. Currently known as MOD Boscombe Down, the station still fulfils an aircraft testing and evaluation role.

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RAF Bottesford was a Bomber Command station located straddling the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire border, 6 miles (10 kms) north-west of Grantham.

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It became operational in November 1941 as part of 5 Group. It was occupied by 207 Squadron with Manchesters before converting to Lancasters in March 1942. 207 Squadron moved out in September 1942. 90 Squadron with Stirlings reformed at the station but out a month later. 467 Squadron arrived at the station in November 1942 with Lancasters, staying for a year. The station was transferred to the United States Army Air Force from November 1943 to July 1944. Transferred back to 5 Group RAF Bottesford took on a training role with the arrival of the Lancasters of 1668 Heavy Conversion Unit. Flying ceased at RAF Bottesford in 1947.

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RAF Brackla was a Bomber Command training station located in the Highlands, 12 miles (19 kms) north-east of Inverness.

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It was built in 1941 and used as a relief landing ground for aircraft from RAF Kinloss, RAF Forres and RAF Dalcross. It was used by 19 Operational Training Unit originally with Whitleys but it converted to Wellingtons in August 1944. The station was also used by Advanced Flying Units using Oxfords. In 1945 hundreds of aircraft, including many Halifaxes, were scrapped at RAF Brackla.

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RAF Bridlington was the collective name given to multiple hotels and facilities used by the RAF in the Yorkshire seaside town.

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The town became home to 14, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 70 Initial Training Wings where aircrew and other RAF recruits spent 8-12 weeks receiving basic service training. It was part of 54 Group in Flying Training Command. Other training courses included ditching, Morse code and elementary air gunnery. A local country house was also requisitioned as an RAF hospital for sick personnel from nearby RAF stations.

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RAF Bruntingthorpe was a Bomber Command training station located in in Leicestershire, 10 miles (16 kms) south of Leicester.

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It opened in November 1942 and used by 29 Operational Training Unit. It originally used Wellingtons but later converted to Lancasters. The unit was disbanded in May 1945.

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RAF Chivenor was a Coastal Command station located in Devon, 4 miles (6 kms) west of Barnstaple.

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It opened in October 1940 as part of Coastal Command. Between May 1942 and October 1942 51 Squadron and 77 Squadron, both flying Whitleys, were loaned to Coastal Command from Bomber Command and were based at RAF Chivenor.

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RAF Coningsby was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 8 miles (13 kms) south-west of Horncastle.

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It opened in November 1940, as part of 5 Group. 106 Squadron moved to the station in February 1941 equipped with Hampdens97 Squadron followed in March 1941, with Manchesters. 106 Squadron converted to Manchesters in February 1942 but then both squadrons started to receive Lancasters in May 1942 and both moved out in September 1942 whilst concrete runways were laid. 617 Squadron moved to RAF Coningsby in August 1943 but was replaced in January 1944 by 619 Squadron and 61 Squadron. In April 1944 the station became home to 83 Squadron and 97 Squadron returned, both with Lancasters to act as marker squadrons for 5 Group. RAF Coningsby is still operational.

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RAF Cranfield was a training station located in Bedfordshire, 8 miles (13 kms) south-west of Bedford.

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Opened in 1937 the station was used in a training role during the war. 14 Service Flying Training School, flying Oxfords, stayed until August 1941. Subsequently the station was occupied by 51 Night Fighter Operational Training Unit flying Havocs, Blenheims, Beaufighters and Mosquitos. The unit disbanded in June 1945. The site is now used by Cranfield University and remains an active civilian airport.

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It was a non-flying station opened in 1940 and used in training and administration roles until it closed in 1994. Technical training, torpedo maintenance, parachute servicing, officer school, administration and accounting training units all used the station between 1940 and 1945. RAF Credenhill was also used as a collection point for aircrew on their way to Canada to be trained under the Commonwealth Training Programme.

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RAF Digby is located in Lincolnshire, 12 miles (19 kms) south-east of Lincoln.

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Originally opened in March 1918 and redeveloped in 1936 the station was in Fighter Command during World War Two. From 1942 to 1945 it was under the direct control of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Day and night-fighters were based at the station and aircraft flown included Hurricanes, Spitfires, Blenheims, Beaufighters, Mosquitos, Typhoons and P-51s. The station is still known as RAF Digby although it is home to the tri-service Joint Service Signals Organisation.

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RAF Drem was located in East Lothian, Scotland, 20 miles (32 kms) east of Edinburgh.

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It was originally used by the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and by 1939 it was in Fighter Command. An innovative airfield lighting system, known as the Drem System, was developed at the station to help night flying crews return to the landing circuit and runway approach. Drem System lighting became standard on all Bomber Command stations.

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RAF Driffield was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 12 miles (19 kms) north from Beverley.

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It opened in July 1936 and by September 1939 was in 4 Group and occupied by the Whitleys of 77 Squadron and 102 Squadron. Fighter Command used the station from January to April 1941 before it returned to Bomber Command 4 Group with 104 Squadron and, briefly, 405 Squadron, both flying Wellingtons. In February 1942 104 Squadron was renumbered 158 Squadron before moving out in June 1942. In the autumn of 1942 196 Squadron and 466 Squadron both formed at the station but moved out before becoming operational. Concrete runways were laid and the station re-opened in June 1944 with 466 Squadron returning with Halifaxes. 462 Squadron formed at the station with Halifaxes in August 1944 and stayed until December 1944 leaving 466 Squadron as sole resident until the end of the war.

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RAF Dunholme Lodge was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 6 miles (10 kms) north from Lincoln.

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It opened in May 1943 as part of 5 Group when 44 Squadron moved in with Lancasters. In April 1944 619 Squadron also moved in with Lancasters. Both squadrons moved out in September 1944 when the station was reallocated to 1 Group. 170 Squadron wih Lancasters was briefly stationed there in October 1944 before operational flying at RAF Dunholme Lodge ceased in November 1944.

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RAF Duxford was located in Cambridgeshire, 8 miles (13 kms) south of Cambridge.

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It opened in 1917 and by the summer of 1940 was in Fighter Command with Spitfire and Hurricane squadrons, known as the ‘Duxford Big Wing’ during the Battle of Britain. The United States Army Air Force used the station from 1943 until the end of the war. The station closed in 1961 but is now part of the Imperial War Museum and is used regularly as a venue for air shows.

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RAF East Moor was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire 8 miles (13 kms) north of York.

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It opened in June 1942 as part of 4 Group with the arrival of the Halifaxes of 158 Squadron, which stayed until October 1942. 429 Squadron moved in with Wellingtons and the squadron and station transferred to 6 Group in January 1943. 1679 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) joined the station in May 1943 with the radial-engined Lancaster Mk 2. 429 Squadron left in August 1943, replaced by 432 Squadron converting to Lancasters. 1679 HCU left in December 1943 and in January 1944 432 Squadron switched to Halifaxes. It was joined in June 1944 by 415 Squadron, also flying Halifaxes. Both squadrons remained at RAF East Moor until they were disbanded in May 1945.

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RAF Elsham Wolds was a Bomber Command station in North Lincolnshire, 8 miles (13 kms) east of Scunthorpe.

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The station opened in July 1941 as part of 1 Group with 103 Squadron taking residence equipped with Wellingtons. The squadron remained at the station until it was disbanded in November 1945. Halifaxes replaced the Wellingtons in July 1942 and they, in turn, were superseded by Lancasters in October 1942. 576 Squadron was formed at Elsham Wolds in November 1943 operating Lancasters and shared the station with 103 Squadron until October 1944. 100 Squadron moved in with Lancasters in the last month of the war.

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RAF Faldingworth was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 5 miles (8 kms) south-west from Market Rasen.

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It opened in July 1943 as part of 1 Group. It was first used by 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit with Halifaxes and Lancasters, remaining until February 1944. C Flight of 1 Lancaster Finishing School was located at the station from November 1943 to January 1944. Both training units were replaced by 300 Squadron, initially with Wellingtons but it quickly converted to Lancasters and remained at the station until after the end of the war.

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RAF Feltwell was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk, 10 miles (16 kms) north-west of Thetford.

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It opened in April 1937 as part of 3 Group. In September 1939 37 Squadron occupied the station flying Wellingtons. By November 1940 the station was occupied by 75 Squadron and 57 Squadron also flying Wellingtons. In August 1942 the station was transferred to 2 Group with Venturas of 464 Squadron and 487 Squadron but by April 1943 it was back in 3 Group. It was used by the Bombing Development Unit and 192 Squadron with a mix of Wellingtons, Mosquitos and Halifaxes whose role was intercepting Luftwaffe radio transmissions. Lancasters from 3 Lancaster Finishing School later used the site.

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It opened in 1936 and by September 1939 RAF Finningley was in 5 Group with 7 Squadron and 76 Squadron with Hampdens but three weeks later both were replaced by 106 Squadron in a training role with Hampdens and Ansons. In February 1941 106 Squadron was replaced by 25 Operational Training Unit with Wellingtons and Manchesters. RAF Finningley transferred to 1 Group in February 1942 and training focussed on Wellingtons. In February 1943 18 Operational Training Unit moved in, also  with Wellingtons, and remained at the station until late 1944. It was replaced by the Bomber Command Instructors School with Lancasters, Halifaxes and Wellingtons. The site is now Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

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Opened in January 1943 as part of 5 Group the first occupant was 49 Squadron with Lancasters. In October 1943 the FIDO fog dispersal system was installed and in early 1944 1514 Beam Approach Training Flight flying Oxfords joined 49 Squadron at the station. 49 Squadron moved out when RAF Fiskerton transferred to 1 Group in October 1944 and 576 Squadron moved in with Lancasters until the end of the war. 150 Squadron with Lancasters briefly stayed at the station in October 1944.

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It opened in October 1942 as part of 2 Group. The first occupants were 98 Squadron and 180 Squadron, both with B-25s. In June 1943 the station transferred to 3 Group and in September 1943 514 Squadron was formed and 1678 Heavy Conversion Unit arrived, both with Lancasters. However the station was transferred to 100 Group in November 1943 and occupied by 192 Squadron with Mosquitos, Wellingtons and Halifaxes in an electronic surveillance role. RAF Foulsham had the FIDO fog dispersal system installed in 1944. 462 Squadron with Halifaxes joined 192 Squadron at the station from December 1944.

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RAF Fulbeck was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 9 miles (14 kms) west from Sleaford.

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It opened in June 1940 as a grass relief landing field for RAF Cranwell. The station was used initially for training before being transferred to the United States Army Air Force from October 1943 to September 1944. It then transferred to 5 Group Bomber Command and 49 Squadron and 189 Squadron, both with Lancasters, moved in and operated from the station until April 1945.

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