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Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Gosport was located in Hampshire, 2 miles (3 kms) west of Gosport.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Gosport" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/430" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />The site of RAF Gosport was first used in 1910 by the Hampshire Aero Club. The station was used throughout World War Two by RAF <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Air+Force.+Coastal+Command" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coastal Command</a> and the Fleet Air Arm. In 1945 the station was transferred to the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Navy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Royal Navy</a> and is now called HMS Sultan.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Gosport&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Gosport [entry point]
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Terry Hancock
Nigel Moore
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RAF Graveley was a Bomber Command station located in Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire) 4 miles (6 kms) south from Huntingdon.
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Graveley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Graveley&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/432" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong></p>
<p>It opened in March 1942 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=161+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">161 Squadron</a> operated its special duty flights from the station for two months with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lysander" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lysanders</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. In August 1942 the station transferred to the new <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=%20Pathfinders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pathfinder</a> force and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=35+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">35 Squadron</a> arrived with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Halifax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halifaxes</a>, converting to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> in March 1944. In January 1944 35 Squadron was joined at RAF Graveley by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=692+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">692 Squadron</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mosquito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mosquitos</a>, which became part of the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=8+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">8 Group</a> Light Night Striking Force.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Graveley&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
Title
A name given to the resource
RAF Graveley [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Great Massingham was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk, 12 miles east of King’s Lynn.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Great+Massingham" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Great+Massingham&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/433" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in September 1940 in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=2+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2 Group</a> as a satellite station for <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5731" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF West Raynham</a>. It was initially home to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=18+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">18 Squadron</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Blenheim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blenheims</a> until April 1941 followed for a month by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=90+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">90 Squadron</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=B-17" target="_blank" rel="noopener">B-17s</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=107+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">107 Squadron</a> arrived with Blenheims but converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bostons</a> in January 1942 and stayed until August 1943. The Bostons of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=342+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">342 Squadron</a> stayed for a few weeks in July 1943. The station was upgraded with hard runways and re-opened in April 1944 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=100+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 Group</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=169+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">169 Squadron</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mosquito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mosquitos</a> flew intruder and radar operations to support main force Bomber Command operations.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Great+Massingham&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Great Massingham [entry point]
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<p>RAF Hemswell was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 8 miles (13 kms) east of Gainsborough.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Hemswell" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Hemswell&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/436" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong> </p>
<p>It was originally built in 1918 and re-opened in 1936 as a bomber station with grass runways. By September 1939 the station was in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=61+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">61 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=144+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">144 Squadron</a> in residence with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Hampden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hampdens</a>. The station transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a> in July 1941 and RAF Hemswell was occupied by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=300+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">300 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=301+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">301 Squadron</a> equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. Both were Polish squadrons as was <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=305+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">305 Squadron</a> which became resident at the station in July 1942. In June 1943 the station was closed for concrete runways to be laid. It re-opened in January 1944 as home to 1 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster+finishing+school" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancaster Finishing School</a> until November 1944 when <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=150+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">150 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=170+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">170 Squadron</a> moved in with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a>.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hemswell&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
Title
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RAF Hemswell [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
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An account of the resource
<p>RAF Hendon was in the Colindale district of North London.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Hendon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/437" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong></p>
<p>The site was first associated with aviation in 1908-09 and it was a manufacturing and training base during the First World War. The RAF took ownership in 1925 and RAF Hendon became famous for its annual flying displays. During World War Two the station was used for VIP transport. Part of the site is now occupied by the RAF Museum.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Hendon&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
Title
A name given to the resource
RAF Hendon [entry point]
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Dublin Core
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Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Description
An account of the resource
RAF Kinloss was a Bomber Command station located on the southern coast of the Moray Firth, 8 miles (13 kms) west of Elgin.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Kinloss" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Kinloss&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/440" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in 1939 as a training station. In April 1940 a detachment from <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=77+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">77 Squadron</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Whitley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whitleys</a> was based there for three weeks. In May 1940 the station transferred to Bomber Command and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=19+OTU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">19 Operational Training Unit</a> took up residence. Initially equipped with Whitleys it converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a> in August 1944. <br /><br />Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kinloss&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Kinloss [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Kirmington was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 6 miles (10 kms) north-east of Brigg.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Kirmington" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Kirmington&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong></p>
<p>It opened with three concrete runways in March 1942 and was first used as a pilot training station. It became part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a> in October 1942 with the arrival of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=150+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">150 Squadron</a> equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=142+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">142 Squadron</a> Wellingtons arrived in December 1942 and the two squadrons were merged in January 1943 to form <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=166+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">166 Squadron</a> which converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> in September 1943. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=153+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">153 Squadron</a> formed at the station with Lancasters in October 1944 but then moved out. RAF Kirmington closed in 1946 and is now Humberside International Airport.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Kirmington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Kirmington [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
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RAF Lakenheath was a Bomber Command station in Suffolk 5 miles (8 kms) north east of Mildenhall.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Lakenheath" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Lakenheath&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/442" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong> <br /><br />It opened in 1941 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a> Bomber Command. It was used by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=149+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">149 Squadron</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Stirling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stirlings</a> at first on detachment but permanently from April 1942. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=20+OTU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 Operational Training Unit</a>, flying <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>, were based at the station from November 1941 to January 1942. The Stirlings of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=199+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">199 Squadron</a> arrived in June 1943. In May 1944 RAF Lakenheath was chosen for conversion to a Very Heavy Bomber station and only reopened after the war. It is still used by the United States Air Force.<br /><br />Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lakenheath&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Lakenheath [entry point]
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Trevor Hardcastle
Terry Hancock
Nigel Moore
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RAF Lindholme [entry point]
RAF Hatfield Woodhouse
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<p>RAF Lindholme (also known as Hatfield Woodhouse) was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 7 miles (11 kms) north-east of Doncaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Lindholme" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Lindholme&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/443" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong></p>
<p>The station, originally called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse, opened in 1940 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=50+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 Squadron</a> equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Hampden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hampdens</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=408+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">408 Squadron</a>, also with Hampdens, was formed in June 1941 but moved out a month later. RAF Lindholme was transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a> in August 1941 and was occupied by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=304+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">304 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=305+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">305 Squadron</a> both flying <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. During the summer of 1942 the station was closed whilst its runways were concreted and it re-opened in October 1942 as a training station with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1656+HCU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1656 Heavy Conversion Unit</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Manchester" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchesters</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1667+HCU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1667 Heavy Conversion Unit</a> formed in June 1943 with Lancasters and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Halifax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halifaxes</a> but moved out in October 1943. 1 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster+finishing+school" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancaster Finishing School</a> was established in November 1943 and the station transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=7+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">7 Group</a> in November 1944.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lindholme&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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Clare Bennett
Julian Maslin
Nigel Moore
Description
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<p>RAF Lossiemouth was a Bomber Command station and is located in Morayshire on the western edge of the town of the same name, 4 miles (6 kms) north of Elgin, Scotland.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Lossiemouth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Lossiemouth&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/444" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in May 1939 and concrete runways were built in late 1942. RAF Lossiemouth was a training station and, in April 1940, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=20+OTU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 Operational Training Unit</a> was formed and stayed until the end of the war. It was equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Anson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ansons</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. The station’s location also made it suitable for temporary detachments from a number of operational Bomber Command squadrons throughout the war for attacks on targets in Norway and the North Sea, including several operations against the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Tirpitz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tirpitz</a>. It is still an operational RAF station.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Lossiemouth&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Lossiemouth [entry point]
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Trevor Hardcastle
Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Methwold was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk, 10 miles (16 kms) north-west of Brandon.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Methwold" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Methwold&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/450" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened with grass runways in September 1939 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a> and as a satellite to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5668" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Feltwell</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=37+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">37 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=214+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">214 Squadron</a> both with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a> used the station which continued to be a satellite station until late summer of 1942 when it was transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=2+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2 Group</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=21+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">21 Squadron</a>, with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Ventura" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venturas</a> moved in until April 1943 when it was replaced by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=464+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">464 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=487+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">487 Squadron</a>, also with Venturas. The runways were concreted August 1943 - May 1944. On re-opening the station transferred back to 3 Group and used by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=149+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">149 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=218+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">218 Squadron</a>, both with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Stirling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stirlings</a> although converting to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a>. 218 Squadron moved out in December 1944.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Methwold&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
Title
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RAF Methwold [entry point]
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Clare Bennett
Julian Maslin
Nigel Moore
Description
An account of the resource
<p>RAF Padgate was a non-flying station located in Lancashire, 3 miles (5 kms) north-east of Warrington.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Padgate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/454" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in April 1939 as a receiving and basic training centre for air force recruits. Prospective <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=aircrew" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aircrew</a> were interviewed for suitability for aircrew positions. In 1943 it was taking 1500 new recruits a week and introducing them to service life.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Padgate&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Padgate [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Pembrey was in Carmarthenshire 8 miles (13 kms) north-west of Llanelli.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Pembrey" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Pembrey%C2%A0&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/455" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in 1939 and was used by a number of day and night fighter squadrons. 1 Air Gunnery School used the station from 1941 to 1945 to train Bomber Command <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=air+gunner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">air gunners</a> using <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battles</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Blenheim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blenheims</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. <br /><br />Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pembrey&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span></p>
Title
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RAF Pembrey [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Pocklington was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire 14 miles (23 kms) east of York.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Pocklington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Pocklington&select-search-options%5B0%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/456" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in June 1941 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=4+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4 Group</a> when <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=405+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">405 Squadron</a> moved in with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. The squadron converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Halifax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halifaxes</a> in April 1942. In August 1942 405 Squadron was replaced at the station by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=102+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">102 Squadron</a>, also with Halifaxes. RAF Pocklington and 102 Squadron were transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Air+Force.+Transport+Command" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transport Command</a> in May 1945 and the station closed in September 1946.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Pocklington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Pocklington [entry point]
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RAF Scampton was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire 6 miles (10 kms) north of Lincoln.
<p><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Scampton" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Scampton&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/458" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong> <br /><br />It originally opened in 1916 and re-opened in 1936. By September 1939 RAF Scampton was in <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a> and occupied by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=49+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">49 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=83+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">83 Squadron</a> both equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Hampden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hampdens</a>. Both squadrons converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Manchester" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchesters</a> late 1941 – early 1942 but from May 1942 both squadrons switched to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=57+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">57 Squadron</a> replaced 83 Squadron. 49 Squadron moved out and in March 1943 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=617+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">617 Squadron</a> was formed at RAF Scampton. The station closed in August 1943 whilst concrete runwas were laid and the station was transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a>. In October 1944 it became operational again with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=153+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">153 Squadron</a> and, later, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=625+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">625 Squadron</a> both flying Lancasters. The station closed in 2022.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Scampton&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Scampton [entry point]
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<p>RAF Shawbury is located in Shropshire 4 miles (6 kms) north-east of Shrewsbury.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Shawbury" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/459" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong></p>
<p>It was originally used in 1917 by the Royal Flying Corps but re-opened in 1938 in a training role. It became home to 11 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit which was replaced at the station in January 1944 by the Central Navigation School. RAF Shawbury is still in use as a training station.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shawbury&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Shawbury [entry point]
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RAF Shenington (also known as Edgehill) was a Bomber Command training station located in Oxfordshire, 6 miles (10 kms) west of Banbury.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Shenington" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Edgehill&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=hrQD7Y9ESaYBDe5a0ONWMijXgOkAhBBEaZS9qsUY&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/460" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in October 1941 during the war it was used by the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a> of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=12+OTU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">12 Operational Training Unit</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=21+OTU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">21 Operational Training Unit</a>. In 1942 the station was also used for test flying the first British jet aircraft, the Gloster E28/39. <br /><br />Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Shenington&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Shenington [entry point]
RAF Edgehill [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
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An account of the resource
<p>RAF Skegness was located in the town of Skegness in Lincolnshire.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Skegness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/461" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />11 Recruit Centre was formed in February 1941 based at the Seacroft Hotel. It disbanded in October 1944.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skegness&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Skegness [entry point]
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RAF Skellingthorpe [entry point]
Skelly
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Trevor Hardcastle
Nigel Moore
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RAF Skellingthorpe (also known as <span>Skelly) </span>was a Bomber Command station in Lincolnshire 2 miles (3 kms) south-west of Lincoln.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Skellingthorpe&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in November 1941 as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a> Bomber Command. The first occupants were <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=50+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/show/6351" target="_blank" rel="noopener">455 Squadron</a> both equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Hampden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hampdens</a>. 455 Squadron moved out in February 1942. 50 Squadron converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Manchester" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchesters</a> in April 1942 but two months later changed to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=61+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">61 Squadron</a> with Lancasters also used the station from November 1943. <br /><br />Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Skellingthorpe&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Sleap was a Bomber Command training station located in Shropshire, 12 miles (19 kms) north of Shrewsbury.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Sleap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Sleap&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/463" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in April 1943 as a satellite station for <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5721" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Tilstock</a>. The station was used by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=81+OTU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">81 Operational Training Unit</a> (OTU) with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Whitley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whitleys</a>. During 1944 81 OTU also trained <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Horsa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Horsa</a> glider pilots. In November 1944 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a> replaced the Whitleys for the remainder of the war.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Sleap&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Sleap [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
Description
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RAF St Athan is located in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, 12 miles (19 kms) south-west of Cardiff.
<p><strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+St+Athan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all Archive items</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/466" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong></p>
<p>It opened in 1938 as 4 School of Technical Training. Originally the unit focussed on the training of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=fitter+airframe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">airframe fitters</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=fitter+engine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">engine fitters</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=flight+mechanic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flight mechanics</a> but in 1942 the role was extended to include the training of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=flight+engineer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flight engineers</a> for the expanding fleet of heavy bombers in Bomber Command. Currently 4 School of Technical Training is still at MOD St Athan and continues to provide mechanical and electrical engineering training.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Athan&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
Title
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RAF St Athan [entry point]
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RAF St Eval [entry point]
RAF St. Eval
Contributor
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Nigel Moore
Clare Bennett
Julian Maslin
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<p>RAF St Eval (also known as St. Eval) was located in Cornwall, 8 miles (13 kms) north-east of Newquay.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+St+Eval" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=St.+Eval&forename=&initials=&surname=&select-search-options%5B%5D=surname&select-search-options%5B%5D=initials&select-search-options%5B%5D=forename&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mfxN0GHNXR8G50LbC7bgx488mlNbWGhBI20cZJAJ&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/467" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />It opened in October 1939 and its primary role was to provide anti-submarine and anti-shipping patrols off the south-west coast. In 1940 it became a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Air+Force.+Fighter+Command" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fighter Command</a> sector headquarters and subsequently the station was used by RAF <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Royal+Air+Force.+Coastal+Command" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coastal Command</a> and the Fleet Air Arm. Aircraft from the station were also used for photographic reconnaissance operations, meteorological flights, convoy patrols, air-sea rescue and provided air cover for the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Normandy+campaign+%286+June+%E2%80%93+21+August+1944%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Normandy campaign</a>. The station was equipped with the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=FIDO" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FIDO</a> fog dispersal system.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+St+Eval&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Stradishall was a Bomber Command station located in Suffolk, 10 miles (16 kms) south-west of Bury St Edmunds.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Stradishall" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Stradishall&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/469" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong> </p>
<p>It originally opened as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=3+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 Group</a> in 1938 but in 1939 concrete runways were laid and the station re-opened in January 1940. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=214+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">214 Squadron</a> flying <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a> moved in and, in spring 1941, converted to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Stirling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stirlings</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=138+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">138 Squadron</a> also used the station from November 1941 to March 1942 in its special duties role with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lysander" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lysanders</a>, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Whitley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whitleys</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Halifax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halifaxes</a>. It was replaced by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=109+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">109 Squadron</a> with Wellingtons and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mosquito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mosquitos</a>, also in a special duties role. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=101+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">101 Squadron</a> Wellingtons stayed for 7 weeks. In October 1942 RAF Stradishall became 3 Group’s training station with the formation of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1657+HCU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1657 Heavy Conversion Unit</a> flying Stirlings. The station resumed operational flying in December 1944 with the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=186+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">186 Squadron</a>.</p>
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Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Stradishall&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Stradishall [entry point]
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Hugh Donnelly
Nigel Moore
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<p>RAF Syerston was a Bomber Command Station located in Nottinghamshire, 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Newark-on-Trent.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Syerston" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Syerston&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See all wartime losses</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/474" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong></p>
<p>It opened in December 1940 originally as part of <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 Group</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=304+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">304 Squadron</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=305+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">305 Squadron</a> occupied the station, both flying <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wellingtons</a>. In July 1941 RAF Syerston transferred to <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=5+Group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 Group</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=408+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">408 Squadron</a> arrived with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Hampden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hampdens</a> until leaving in December so concrete runways could be laid. The station re-opened in May 1942 when <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=61+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">61 Squadron</a> moved in with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Manchester" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchesters</a> and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancasters</a> followed in September 1942 by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=106+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">106 Squadron</a> with Lancasters. Both squadrons moved out in November 1943 and RAF Syerston was occupied by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1668+HCU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1668 Heavy Conversion Unit</a> which, in January 1944, was renamed 5 <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lancaster+finishing+school" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lancaster Finishing School</a>. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=49+Squadron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">49 Squadron</a> Lancasters arrived in April 1945.</p>
Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Personal research</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Clothing&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Clothing</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Poetry&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Poetry</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object.+Decoration&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object. Decoration</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Service+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Training material<br /></a><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Technical+aid&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Syerston&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Technical aid<br /><br /></a></span></code> Item type refinement is covered in the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/faq">FAQ section</a>, questions 12 and 13. The Archive also comes with a range of tools for searching and browsing content: please see the <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/help">help page</a>.</span>
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RAF Syerston [entry point]
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Nigel Moore
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RAF Tilstock [entry point]
RAF Whitchurch Heath
Description
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RAF Tilstock (also known as Whitchurch Heath) was a Bomber Command training station located in Shropshire, 3 miles (5 kms) south of Whitchurch.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=RAF+Tilstock" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>See all Archive items</strong></a> | <strong>See all wartime losses split as <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Tilstock&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=mebTm5EIx2lRCtMWNwpmfHjqV5wzbPtEYox3Hnyq&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RAF Tilstock</a> and <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?takeoff-stations=Whitchurch+Heath&select-search-options%5B%5D=takeoff-stations&_token=kXQI8oOVZvWVIet1NVGIGNnbKmFcr7mnj8YRC8r0&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whitchurch Heath</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/neatline/fullscreen/places#records/476" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore nearby</a></strong><br /><br />The RAF station opened in August 1942 was originally called RAF Whitchurch Heath but was re-named RAF Tilstock in June 1943. It was occupied by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=81+OTU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">81 Operational Training Unit</a> from September 1942 to January 1944 equipped with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Whitley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whitleys</a> followed by <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=1665+HCU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1665 Heavy Conversion Unit</a> with <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?tags=Halifax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halifaxes</a> from January 1944 to March 1945. <br /><br />Refinements:<br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><code><span> <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Artwork&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Artwork</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Correspondence&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Correspondence</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Map.+Navigation+chart+and+log&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Map. Navigation chart and log</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Diary&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Diary</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Moving+image&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Moving image</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Log+book+and+record+book&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Log book and record book</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Photograph&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Photograph</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Memoir&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. Memoir</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=starts+with&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Physical+object&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Physical object</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Personal+research&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. 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Service material</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sound&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Sound</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Text.+Training+material&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=RAF+Tilstock&public=&featured=&exhibit=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">Text. 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