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RCAF Estevan was located in Saskatchewan, Canada.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt opened in April 1942 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, known in Britain as the Empire Air Training Scheme. RCAF Estevan had three relief…

RCAF Bowden (also known as BCATP Station Bowden) was located at Bowden, Alberta, Canada.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyThe station opened in the summer of 1941 and it was used by 32 Elementary Flying Training School. In July 1942, it was…

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

RAF Wymeswold was a Bomber Command training station located in Leicestershire, 4 miles (6 kms) north-east of Loughborough.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in April 1942 and was used by 28 Operational Training…

RAF Worksop was a Bomber Command training station located in Nottinghamshire, 3 miles (5 kms) north-east of Worksop.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in late 1943 and was used as a satellite station for RAF…

RAF Woolfox Lodge was a Bomber Command station located in Rutland, 5 miles (8 kms) north-west of Stamford.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt was initially a grass satellite ground and, in 1940, used by the Hampdens of…

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

RAF Wittering straddles the Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire boundary 2.5 miles (4 kms) south of Stamford. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station was part of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and later used for night…

RAF Witchford was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire, 2 miles (3 kms) south-west from Ely.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in June 1943 as part of 3 Group. 196 Squadron arrived in July 1943…

RAF Wing was a Bomber Command training station located in Buckinghamshire, 4 miles (6 kms) west of Leighton Buzzard. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station was opened in November 1941 and in January 1942 it…

RAF Windrush was an RAF training station located in Gloucestershire 4 miles (6kms) west of Burford. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby RAF Windrush opened in 1940 and was used for training throughout the war. Originally…

RAF Wigtown was located in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 7 miles (11 kms) south of Newton Stewart.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt opened in 1941 as part of Training Command and used by 1 Air Observers School, later renamed 1 Advanced…

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

RAF Weston Zoyland (also known as Westonzoyland) was located in Somerset, 4 miles (6 kms) south-east of Bridgwater.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in the 1920s and was used during the war primarily in an Army and…

RAF Westcott was a Bomber Command training station located in Buckinghamshire, 7 miles (11 kms) north-west of Aylesbury.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in September 1942 and 11 Operational Training Unit…

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

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

RAF Wellesbourne Mountford was a Bomber Command training station located in Warwickshire, 4 miles (6 kms) east of Stratford-upon-Avon. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station was opened in April 1941 when 22…

RAF Watton was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk, 9 miles (14 kms) south-west of Dereham.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in 1939 as part of 2 Group and was initially used by 21 Squadron and 82…

RAF Wattisham was a Bomber Command station located in Suffolk 7 miles (12 kms) north-west of Ipswich. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in April 1939 in 2 Group. At the start of the war it was home to 107…

RAF Watchfield was an RAF training station located in Oxfordshire 3 miles (5 kms) south west of Faringdon. See all Archive items |Explore nearby RAF Watchfield opened in 1940 and was used by a number of training units including 3 Elementary Flying…

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

RAF Wainfleet was an RAF bombing range located on the Lincolnshire coast of the Wash just offshore from Wainfleet St Mary. See all Archive items |Explore nearby The bombing range opened in 1938 and was used extensively during the war for Bomber…

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

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