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Royal Air Force Syerston, [2] commonly known simply as RAF Syerston (ICAO: EGXY), is a Royal Air Force station in the parish of Flintham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. Opened in 1940, it was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber base during the Second World War , operating Vickers Wellingtons , Avro Manchesters , and the Avro ...
304 Squadron was created on 23 August 1940 at RAF Bramcote, and from 1 December 1940 it operated from RAF Syerston, as a part of No. 1 Bomber Group (along with No. 305 Squadron created at the same time). It was declared ready for operations with Vickers Wellington Mk I medium bombers on 24 April 1941. The personnel included 24 entirely Polish ...
VX770 was the first prototype Vulcan. It had first flown with Avon engines, and had later been fitted with Sapphires.More recently, it had been fitted with Rolls-Royce Conway engines; on the day of the accident it was flying from the Rolls-Royce airfield at Hucknall to test the Conways.
Avro Vulcan: The History and Development of a Classic Jet. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2006. ISBN 1-84415-426-2. Hamilton-Paterson, James. Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World. London: Faber & Faber, 2010. ISBN 978-0-571-24794-3. Hearn, Chester G. Carriers in Combat: The Air War at Sea.
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1 Oct 1934 – 3 Sept 1939 3 Sept 1939 – 14 Mar 1942 23 Jul 1947 – 1 May 1952 1 Feb 1953 – Dec 1966 Dec 1966 – 16 Jan 1970 16 Jan 1970 – 2 Dec 1974 31 Mar 1976 – 30 Mar 1997 31 Jan 2014 – present: Country United Kingdom: Branch: Royal Air Force: Type: Flying training school: Role: Glider training: Part of: No. 22 (Training) Group ...
ISBN 0-85130-164-9. Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Lake, Alan. "Flying Units of the RAF".Airlife Publishing. Shrewsbury. 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6
RAF Fire Service, RAF Catterick; No. 3 Wing RAF Regiment, RAF Catterick — administrative control of unassigned UK-based squadrons No. 58 Squadron RAF Regiment, RAF Catterick — Light Armour, Spartan, Scorpion; No. 5 Wing RAF Regiment, RAF Hullavington — administrative control of light armour squadrons supporting the UK's Harrier Force