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RAF Cranwell is located in Lincolnshire 4 miles (6 kms) north-west from Sleaford. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Construction began in 1916 and it opened in April 1916 as the Royal Naval Air Service’s principal…

RAF Dalton was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 4 miles (6 kms) south of Thirsk.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in November 1941 as part of 4 Group and 102 Squadron moved in with Whitleys. The…

RAF Dishforth was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 3 miles (5 kms) north from Boroughbridge.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in September 1936 as part of 4 Group. In September 1939 10 Squadron and…

RAF Driffield was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 12 miles (19 kms) north from Beverley. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in July 1936 and by September 1939 was in 4 Group and occupied by the…

RAF East Moor was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire 8 miles (13 kms) north of York.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in June 1942 as part of 4 Group with the arrival of the Halifaxes of 158 Squadron,…

RAF Elvington was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 5 miles (8 kms) south-east of York.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened as part of 4 Group in October 1942 when 77 Squadron moved in with Whitleys…

RAF Faldingworth was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 5 miles (8 kms) south-west from Market Rasen.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in July 1943 as part of 1 Group. It was first used by 1667…

RAF Finningley was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire 4 miles (6 kms) south-east of Doncaster. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in 1936 and by September 1939 RAF Finningley was in 5 Group with 7…

RAF Full Sutton was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 9 miles (14 kms) east of York.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in May 1944 as part of 4 Group when 77 Squadron took up residence equipped with…

RAF Glatton was located in Huntingdonshire, 8 miles (13 kms) south of Peterborough.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in January 1944 and used by the United States Army Air Force station for B-17s of the Eighth…

RAF Graveley was a Bomber Command station located in Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire) 4 miles (6 kms) south from Huntingdon. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in March 1942 as part of 3 Group. 161…

RAF Grimsby (also known as Waltham) was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 4 miles (6 kms) south of Grimsby.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Originally a 1930s small grass civil airfield known as Waltham…

RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (also known as Holme and Holme on Spalding Moor) was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire 3 miles (5 kms) south-east from the town of the same name.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt…

RAF Ingham (also known as RAF Cammeringham) was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 8 miles (13 kms) north of Lincoln.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in 1940 as part of 1 Group as a satellite of…

RAF Leconfield was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire 2 miles (3 kms) north from Beverley.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby In September 1939 it was part of 4 Group. However within a month of the war starting…

RAF Leeming was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 7 miles (11 kms) south-west from Northallerton. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in June 1940 as part of 4 Group. 10 Squadron arrived in July…

RAF Lindholme (also known as Hatfield Woodhouse) was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 7 miles (11 kms) north-east of Doncaster.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station, originally called RAF Hatfield…

RAF Linton on Ouse (also known as Linton-on-Ouse) was a Bomber Command station. It is located in Yorkshire 9 miles (14 kms) north-west from York.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in May 1937 as part of 4 Group…

RAF Lissett was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 6 miles (10 kms) south-west from Bridlington.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in February 1943 as part of 4 Group. 158 Squadron moved in with…

RAF Manby was located in Lincolnshire, 4 miles (6 kms) east of Louth.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyConstruction began in 1936 and it opened in February 1938. In August 1938 1 Air Armament School moved in. It was retitled the Empire Central…

RAF Marston Moor was a Bomber Command training station located in Yorkshire 4 miles (6 kms) north-east from Wetherby.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in November 1941 as a conversion training station for the…

RAF Melbourne was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire 4 miles (6 kms) south-west from Pocklington.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby RAF Melbourne was first used in 1940 as a relief airfield for the Whitleys of…

RAF Mepal was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire 7 miles (11 kms) west from Ely.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in April 1943 as part of 3 Group. Initially it was used by 1665 Heavy Conversion…

RAF Metheringham was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 10 miles (16 kms) south-east of Lincoln. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in October 1943 as part of 5 Group. 106 Squadron took up…

RAF Morton Hall was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 4 miles (6 kms) south-west of Lincoln. See all Archive items | Explore nearby It was a country mansion taken over by the RAF in 1942 as the Aircrew Commando School, training…