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The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. Jefford, C.G. (2001). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.).
Avro Anson (RAF, FAA) multi-engine navigation and bomber crew trainer; Avro Tutor (RAF, FAA) Blackburn B-2 (RAF) to 1942, most used by civilian training schools; Blackburn Botha (RAF) RAF target tug, retired 1944; Blackburn Shark (FAA) after withdrawn from use as torpedo bomber; Boulton Paul Defiant (RAF) gunnery trainer from 1942 to 1945
Royal Air Force Chailey or more simply RAF Chailey is a former Royal Air Force advanced landing ground close to the village of Chailey near Burgess Hill in East Sussex during the Second World War. It was an example of an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] a type of simple, temporary airfield designed to support the invasion of ...
No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF; Active: 24 April 1918 – 24 June 1919 16 March 1936 – 10 August 1945 1 December 1959 – 23 August 1963: Country: United Kingdom: Branch: Royal Air Force: Role: Precision Bombing: Garrison/HQ: France, RAF Marham, RAF Downham Market: Nickname(s) Gold Coast Weston-super-Mare’s Own Squadron: Motto(s) "In ...
No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron was reformed as a RAF Reserve Logistics Support Squadron on 1 Nov 2014 within No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing of the RAF A4 Force. Based at RAF Cosford, near Wolverhampton. The first reservist recruiting event was 30 May 2015, recruiting drivers, chefs, suppliers and police, which will be broken down as ...
Air Vice Marshal James Edgar Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, DFC & Bar, DL (9 March 1915 – 30 January 2001), nicknamed "Johnnie", was an English Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and flying ace who flew and fought during the Second World War. Johnson grew up and was educated in the East Midlands, where he qualified as an engineer.
Royal Air Force Harwell or more simply RAF Harwell is a former Royal Air Force station, near the village of Harwell, located 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south east of Wantage, Oxfordshire and 17 miles (27 km) north west of Reading, Berkshire, England. The site is now the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus which includes the Rutherford Appleton ...
The Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Waddington. The team was formed in late 1964 as an all-RAF team, replacing a number of unofficial teams that had been sponsored by RAF commands. [ 289 ]