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RAF Ringway was located in Cheshire 8 miles (13 kms) south of Manchester.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in 1940 and initially used by 1 Operational Training Unit in Coastal Command. Subsequently it was used…

RAF Ridgewell was a Bomber Command station located in Essex, 8 miles (12 kms) north of Halstead.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in December 1942 as part of 3 Group as a satellite station for RAF Stradishall.…

RAF Riccall was a Bomber Command training station located in Yorkshire, 3 miles (5 kms) north-east of Selby.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in September 1942 as part of 4 Group. The Halifax conversion units of…

RAF Prestwick was mainly a ferry hub located on the South Ayrshire coast 3 miles (5 kms) north of Ayr. See all Archive items | Explore nearby At the start of the war RAF Prestwick was home to an Elementary Flying Training School with Tiger Moths. 1…

RAF Port Ellen was located on the island of Islay in Argyll and Bute off the west coast of Scotland.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station was opened in Coastal Command in 1940 and was used from August to October 1940 by Hudsons. Fleet…

RAF Polebrook was a Bomber Command station located in Northamptonshire, 3 mile (5 kms) east of Oundle See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station opened in 2 Group in June 1941 with 90 Squadron flying B-17s. The…

RAF Pocklington was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire 14 miles (23 kms) east of York. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in June 1941 as part of 4 Group when 405 Squadron moved in with Wellingtons.…

RAF Peterborough was a training station located in Cambridgeshire 2 miles (3 kms) north west of Peterborough. See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in 1932 and during World War Two was home to a number of training units…

RAF Pershore was a Bomber Command training station located in Worcestershire, 8 miles (13 kms) south-east of Worcester.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was a pre-war civilian flying school but was requisitioned and…

RAF Peplow (also known as Child’s Ercall) was a Bomber Command training station located in Shropshire, 12 miles (20 kms) north-east of Shrewsbury.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was opened in 1941 as RAF…

RAF Penrhos was a Bomber Command training station located on the Lleyn Peninsular in Gwynedd 15 miles (24 kms) west of Porthmadog. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Opened in 1937 RAF Penrhos was mainly used as a training station for Bomber…

RAF Pembrey was in Carmarthenshire 8 miles (13 kms) north-west of Llanelli.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in 1939 and was used by a number of day and night fighter squadrons. 1 Air Gunnery School used the…

RAF Paignton was located in Paignton, Devon and comprised hotels and other buildings requisitioned and used by the RAF.See all Archive items | Explore nearby 2 Initial Training Wing (ITW) was formed at RAF Paignton in the first half of 1940 but…

RAF Padgate was a non-flying station located in Lancashire, 3 miles (5 kms) north-east of Warrington.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt opened in April 1939 as a receiving and basic training centre for air force recruits. Prospective aircrew…

RAF Ouston was located in Northumberland 10 miles (16) kms north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in March 1941 and formed part of Fighter Command for the rest of the war. Hurricane and Spitfire…

RAF Oulton was a Bomber Command station located in Norfolk, 3 miles (5 kms) west of Aylsham.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened as part of 2 Group in August 1940. The station was initially used by 114 Squadron…

RAF Ossington was a Bomber Command training station located in Nottinghamshire, 8 miles (13 kms) north-west of Newark.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in January 1942 and was initially home to 14 (Pilot)…

RAF Odiham is an RAF station located in Hampshire 5 miles (8 kms) south of Hook. See all Archive items | Explore nearby Flying began from the site in 1925 but RAF Odiham wasn’t opened as an official RAF station until 1937. During World War Two…

RAF Oakley was a Bomber Command training station located in Buckinghamshire, 7 miles (11 kms) north-east of Oxford.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in 1942 and was used as a satellite station for the…

RAF Oakington was a Bomber Command station in Cambridgeshire 5 miles (8 kms) north-west from Cambridge.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in June 1940 as part of 2 Group and 218 Squadron moved in with…

RAF Nutts Corner was located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 9 miles (15 kms) north-west of Belfast.See all Archive items | Explore nearby It began life as a civil airfield in the 1930s. During the war it was taken over by RAF Coastal Command…

RAF Nuthampstead was located straddling the Hertfordshire–Essex border, 5 miles (8 kms) south-east of Royston.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station opened in 1943 for use by the Eighth United States Army Air Force. From September 1943…

RAF Northolt is an RAF station located to the west of London 2 miles (4 kms) from Uxbridge. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The original airfield opened in 1915 and it is the oldest RAF station in continuous use. It…

RAF North Weald is located in Essex, 2 miles (4 kms) north-east of Epping.See all Archive items | Explore nearby The station was opened in 1916. The station was in Fighter Command throughout World War Two and in 1940 it played a major frontline role…

RAF North Luffenham was a Bomber Command station located in Rutland, 5 miles (8 kms) south-west from Stamford.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in December 1940 and initially used by 17 Elementary Flying…