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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 ...
On 20 September 1958, during an air show at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, a prototype Avro Vulcan bomber crashed. All four crew on board and three people on the ground were killed. All four crew on board and three people on the ground were killed.
The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan [1] from July 1963) [2] is a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984.
Syerston Avro Vulcan crash [146] 20 September 1958 RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, England Avro Vulcan: 3 5 8 † 0 Flying Tiger Line Flight 183 [147] 14 December 1962 North Hollywood, California, U.S. Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation (N6913C) 3 0 3: 6 Yokohama F-4 crash [148] 27 September 1977 Yokohama, Japan McDonnell Douglas RF-4B Phantom ...
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 ...
No. 5 Group RAF (5 Gp) was a Royal Air Force bomber group of the Second World War, led during the latter part (February 1943 – 1945) by AVM Sir Ralph Cochrane. History [ edit ]
The following is a list of Royal Air Force Maintenance ... Bomb Storage. No. 95 MU RAF Ridgewell as a sub site between 10 July ... RAF Syerston between 23 July 1945 ...
1945. On 29 September PD343 an Avro Lancaster B.1 of No. 550 Squadron RAF went missing on a flight from Italy to the United Kingdom with 26 on board. [1]On 2 October KH219 a Consolidated Liberator GR.6 of No. 203 Squadron RAF went missing in the Bay of Bengal returning to Singapore on a supply flight, 12 on board.