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No. 3 Squadron RAF

Index No. 3 Squadron RAF

No 3 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Typhoon F2, FGR4 and T3 from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. [1]

237 relations: Adlertag, Adrian Franklyn, Aerial reconnaissance, Air Battalion Royal Engineers, Airco DH.9A, Archie Christie, Arras Flying Services Memorial, Arthur Whealy, Ashley Stevenson, Attacks on High Wood, Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt, Avro 500, Avro Bison, Battle of Albert (1916), Battle of Bazentin Ridge, Battle of Belgium, Battle of Delville Wood, Battle of Flers–Courcelette, Battle of Guillemont, Battle of Le Transloy, Blériot XI, Bristol Boxkite, Bristol Bulldog, Bristol Prier monoplane, Bristol Scout, British Aerospace Harrier II, British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1914), C. D. Barnard, Canadair Sabre, Capture of Contalmaison, Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye, Capture of Fricourt, Capture of Gueudecourt, Capture of La Boisselle, Capture of Le Sars, Capture of Mametz, Capture of Ovillers, Cecil Arthur Lewis, Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Christopher Foxley-Norris, Clapham College, Clive Loader, Cockatrice, Colin Brown (RAF officer), Coningsby, David Hughes (RAF officer), Denys Corbett Wilson, Deperdussin TT, Desmond J. Scott, Donald Swain Lewis, ..., Dornier Do 335, Douglas John Bell, Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, English Electric Canberra, Ernest Norton (RAF officer), Eurofighter Typhoon, Eurofighter Typhoon variants, Eustace Loraine, Expeditionary Air Wing, Experimental Mechanized Force, Fair Isle, Farman MF.11, Farman MF.7, First Battle of Ypres order of battle, First day on the Somme, Frank Reginald Carey, Freddie West, Frederick Charles Victor Laws, Future of the Royal Air Force, Gütersloh, George Bulman (pilot), George R. Riley, George Randall (RAF officer), Gloster Gamecock, Gloster Javelin, Grahame Donald, Hans Berr, Harold Whistler, Harvey Sweetman, Hawker Tempest, Hawker Woodcock, Hazel Wallace, Heckington, Hedley Fowler, HMS Diamond (D34), HMS Sultan (establishment), Hubert Chapman, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Hunsdon Airfield, Icelandic Air Policing, Index of World War II articles (N), Indradhanush (Air Force Exercise), Jack Rose (administrator), Jagdgeschwader 27, James Anderson Slater, James McCudden, James Robb (RAF officer), James Victor Gascoyne, Jim McCairns, John Evans (cricketer, born 1889), John Salmond, John Summers (RAF officer), John William Aldred, Joint Force Harrier, Kampfgeschwader 3, Kampfgeschwader 54, Keith Thiele, Larkhill, Lionel Charlton, List of Battle of Britain squadrons, List of de Havilland Vampire operators, List of fatal accidents and incidents involving Royal Air Force aircraft from 1945, List of Gloster Gladiator operators, List of Harrier operators, List of Harvard University non-graduate alumni, List of Hawker Hunter operators, List of Hawker Hurricane operators, List of Hawker Tempest operators, List of Hawker Typhoon operators, List of mid-air collisions and incidents in the United Kingdom, List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Royal Aero Club in 1913, List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (A–C), List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (D–F), List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (G–K), List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (L–N), List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (O–R), List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (S–U), List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (V–Z), List of RAF squadron codes, List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons, List of Royal Air Force operations, List of Royal Air Force stations, List of Royal Flying Corps squadrons, List of wings of the Royal Air Force, List of World War I flying aces from the United States, List of World War II aces from the United Kingdom, Lloyd Andrews Hamilton, Lochnagar mine, Maurice Michael Stephens, Mines on the first day of the Somme, Morane-Saulnier BB, Morane-Saulnier L, Neil Smuts, Netheravon Airfield, No. 1 Group RAF, No. 1451 Flight RAF, No. 1455 Flight RAF, No. 2 Squadron RAF, No. 232 Squadron RAF, No. 3 Squadron RAAF, No. 486 Squadron RNZAF, No. 5 Wing RAF, No. 530 Squadron RAF, No. 56 Squadron RAF, No. 59 Squadron RAF, No. 69 Squadron RAF, No. 85 Group RAF, No. 96 Squadron RAF, Operation Diver, Operation Herrick aerial order of battle, Operation Jubilee order of battle, Operation Telic order of battle, Operation Veritas, Order of battle at Mons, Order of battle for the Battle of the Somme, Order of battle of the First Battle of the Marne, Oscar Heron, Ovillers-la-Boisselle in World War I, Peter Squire, Pierre Clostermann, Quick Reaction Alert, RAF Castletown, RAF Coltishall, RAF Coningsby, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Fighter Command Order of Battle 1940, RAF Gütersloh, RAF Geilenkirchen, RAF Halton, RAF Hawkinge, RAF Heathfield, RAF Kenley, RAF Laarbruch, RAF Leeming, RAF Matlaske, RAF Newchurch, RAF Skaebrae, RAF Skeabrae, RAF Sumburgh, RAF Sylt, RAF Upavon, RAF Uxbridge, RAF West Malling, RAF Wildenrath, RAF Wye, Ralph Cochrane, Remy Van Lierde, Richard Johns, Richard Raymond-Barker, Richard Wenzl, Robert Brooke-Popham, Robin McNair, Ronald McClintock, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Germany, Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2, Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.3, Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8, Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2, Royal Flying Corps, Second Allied Tactical Air Force, Security for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sopwith Camel, Sopwith Snipe, Sopwith Tabloid, Stapleford Aerodrome, Structure of the Royal Air Force in 1989, Stuart Atha, Timothy Garden, Baron Garden, V-1 flying bomb, Walter Churchill, Westland Walrus, Wilfred Green (RAF officer), Will Hubbard, William Dolley Tipton, William Foster MacNeece Foster, William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson, William Strugnell, Willie Read, Winter operations 1914–1915, Y Sap mine, 148th Aero Squadron, 17th Aero Squadron, 1921 in aviation, 1922 in aviation, 1937 in aviation, 3 Squadron. 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Adlertag

Adlertag ("Eagle Day") was the first day of Unternehmen Adlerangriff ("Operation Eagle Attack"), which was the codename of a military operation by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe (German air force) to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Adrian Franklyn

Group Captain Adrian Winfrid Franklyn (1 April 1899 – June 1986) was a British World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.

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Aerial reconnaissance

Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft.

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Air Battalion Royal Engineers

The Air Battalion Royal Engineers (ABRE) was the first flying unit of the British Armed Forces to make use of heavier-than-air craft.

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Airco DH.9A

The Airco DH.9A was a British single-engined light bomber designed and first used shortly before the end of the First World War.

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Archie Christie

Archibald “Archie” Christie, (30 September 1889 – 20 December 1962) was a British businessman and military officer.

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Arras Flying Services Memorial

* The Arras Flying Services Memorial Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial in the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.

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Arthur Whealy

Arthur Treloar Whealy DSC & Bar DFC (2 November 1895 – 23 December 1945) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 27 victories.

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Ashley Stevenson

Air Commodore Ashley David Stevenson, (born 30 September 1958) is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and a former Commandant of Royal Air Force College Cranwell.

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Attacks on High Wood

The Attacks on High Wood near Bazentin le Petit in the Somme département of northern France took place between the British Fourth Army and the German 1st Army during the Battle of the Somme.

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Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt

The Butte de Warlencourt is an ancient burial mound off the Albert–Bapaume road, north-east of Le Sars in the Somme département of northern France.

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Avro 500

The Avro Type E, Type 500, and Type 502 made up a family of early British military aircraft, regarded by Alliott Verdon Roe as his firm's first truly successful design.

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Avro Bison

The Avro 555 Bison was a British single-engined fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Avro.

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Battle of Albert (1916)

The Battle of Albert (1–13 July 1916), comprised the first two weeks of Anglo-French offensive operations in the Battle of the Somme.

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Battle of Bazentin Ridge

The Battle of Bazentin Ridge was part of the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front in France, during the First World War.

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Battle of Belgium

The Battle of Belgium or Belgian Campaign, often referred to within Belgium as the 18 Days' Campaign (Campagne des 18 jours, Achttiendaagse Veldtocht), formed part of the greater Battle of France, an offensive campaign by Germany during the Second World War.

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Battle of Delville Wood

The Battle of Delville Wood was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War, between the armies of the German Empire and the British Empire.

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Battle of Flers–Courcelette

The Battle of Flers–Courcelette was fought during the Battle of the Somme in France, by the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth Army and Reserve Army, against the German 1st Army, during the First World War.

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Battle of Guillemont

The Battle of Guillemont (3–6 September 1916) was an attack by the Fourth Army on the village of Guillemont.

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Battle of Le Transloy

The Battle of Le Transloy was the last offensive of the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in France, during the First World War.

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Blériot XI

The Blériot XI is a French aircraft of the pioneer era of aviation.

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Bristol Boxkite

The Boxkite (officially the Bristol Biplane) was the first aircraft produced by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company (later known as the Bristol Aeroplane Company).

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Bristol Bulldog

The Bristol Bulldog was a British Royal Air Force single-seat biplane fighter designed during the 1920s by the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

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Bristol Prier monoplane

The Bristol Prier monoplane was an early British aircraft produced in a number of single- and two-seat versions.

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Bristol Scout

The Bristol Scout was a single-seat rotary-engined biplane originally designed as a racing aircraft.

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British Aerospace Harrier II

The British Aerospace Harrier II was a second-generation vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft used previously by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and, between 2006 and 2010, the Royal Navy (RN).

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British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1914)

The British Expeditionary Force order of battle 1914, as originally despatched to France in August and September 1914, at the beginning of World War I. The British Army prior to World War I traced its origins to the increasing demands of imperial expansion together with inefficiencies highlighted during the Crimean War, which led to the Cardwell and Childers Reforms of the late 19th century.

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C. D. Barnard

Charles Douglas Barnard (8 December 1895 – 7 August 1971) was a British pilot, who took part in 1920s air races and record-breaking flights.

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Canadair Sabre

The Canadair Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation.

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Capture of Contalmaison

Contalmaison is a commune in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.

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Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye

Warlencourt-Eaucourt is about south of Arras, at the junction of the D 929 and the D 10E roads.

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Capture of Fricourt

Fricourt is a village that was fought over during the Battle of the Somme, which took place in France during the First World War in July 1916.

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Capture of Gueudecourt

Gueudecourt village lies on the Le Sars–Le Transloy road, north-east of Flers and north-west of Lesbœufs.

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Capture of La Boisselle

The Capture of La Boisselle (1–6 July 1916) was a British local operation during the Battle of Albert, the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the Battle of the Somme.

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Capture of Le Sars

Le Sars is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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Capture of Mametz

The Capture of Mametz took place on 1 July 1916, when the British Fourth Army attacked the German 2nd Army on the Western Front, during the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

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Capture of Ovillers

The Capture of Ovillers (1–16 July 1916) was a British local operation during the Battle of Albert, the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the Battle of the Somme.

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Cecil Arthur Lewis

Cecil Arthur Lewis (29 March 1898 – 27 January 1997) was a British fighter pilot who flew in World War I. He went on to co-found the British Broadcasting Company and enjoy a long career as a writer, notably of the aviation classic Sagittarius Rising (some scenes from which were represented in the film Aces High).

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Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, (21 May 1893 – 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Christopher Foxley-Norris

Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Neil Foxley-Norris (16 March 1917 – 28 September 2003) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Clapham College

Clapham College was a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys in South London.

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Clive Loader

Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Robert Loader, (born 24 September 1953) is a British politician and retired senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Cockatrice

A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head.

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Colin Brown (RAF officer)

Air Vice Marshal Colin Peter Brown & Bar (20 December 1898 – 19 October 1965) was a Scottish officer who began his career in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, before transferring to the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Coningsby

Coningsby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England.

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David Hughes (RAF officer)

Captain David James Hughes (born 16 April 1899, date of death unknown) was a British First World War flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

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Denys Corbett Wilson

Denys Corbett Wilson (1882 – 10 May 1915) was a pioneering Irish aviator.

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Deperdussin TT

The Deperdussin TT was a French monoplane built by Société Pour les Appareils Deperdussin, later to become S.P.A.D. Introduced in 1912, the type was one widely used by the French Air Force (then Aviation Militaire) before the First World War.

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Desmond J. Scott

Group Captain Desmond James Scott, (11 September 1918 – 8 October 1997) was a New Zealand fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.

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Donald Swain Lewis

Donald Swain Lewis, DSO (5 April 1886 – 10 April 1916) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army and was the second highest-ranked officer in the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force to be killed in action in the First World War.

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Dornier Do 335

The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil ("Arrow") was a World War II heavy fighter built by the Dornier company.

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Douglas John Bell

Captain Douglas John Bell (16 September 1893 – 27 May 1918) was a South African World War I fighter ace credited with 20 aerial victories.

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Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt

Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt, (9 June 1886 – 15 August 1973) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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English Electric Canberra

The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation jet-powered medium bomber that was manufactured during the 1950s.

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Ernest Norton (RAF officer)

Air Commodore Ernest William Norton (14 May 1893 – 23 May 1966) was a British air officer of the Royal Air Force, who began his military career as a World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories.

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Eurofighter Typhoon

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole fighter.

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Eurofighter Typhoon variants

The Eurofighter Typhoon is in service with six nations: United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia, and Austria.

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Eustace Loraine

Eustace Broke Loraine (3 September 1879 – 5 July 1912) was a pioneer British aviator and the first Royal Flying Corps officer to be killed in an aircraft crash.

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Expeditionary Air Wing

On 1 April 2006 Expeditionary Air Wings (EAWs) were formed at nine of the RAF's Main Operating Bases.

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Experimental Mechanized Force

The Experimental Mechanized Force (EMF) was a brigade-sized formation of the British Army.

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Fair Isle

Fair Isle (IPA: /fɛəraɪ̯l/; Friðarey; Fara) is an island in Shetland, in northern Scotland.

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Farman MF.11

The Maurice Farman MF.11 Shorthorn is a French aircraft developed before World War I by the Farman Aviation Works.

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Farman MF.7

The Maurice Farman MF.7 Longhorn is a French biplane developed before World War I which was used for reconnaissance by both the French and British air services in the early stages of the war before being relegated to service as a trainer.

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First Battle of Ypres order of battle

This is the order of battle for the First Battle of Ypres fought from 19 October to 22 November 1914 as one of the main engagements of the First World War.

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First day on the Somme

The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the opening day of the Battle of Albert the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the Battle of the Somme.

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Frank Reginald Carey

Frank Reginald "Chota" Carey, (7 May 1912 – 6 December 2004) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace who served during World War II.

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Freddie West

Air Commodore Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, (19 January 1896 – 8 July 1988) was a senior Royal Air Force officer, aviator, and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Frederick Charles Victor Laws

Group Captain Frederick Charles Victor Laws (1887–1975), was an officer in the Royal Air Force, an aerial surveyor, and the founder and most prominent pioneer of British aerial reconnaissance.

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Future of the Royal Air Force

The planning for the future of the Royal Air Force involves supporting ongoing British military operations, the introduction of new aircraft types, greater focus on network enabled capability and increasing interoperability with members of NATO.

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Gütersloh

Gütersloh is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold.

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George Bulman (pilot)

Group Captain Paul Ward Spencer Bulman, (8 April 1896 – 6 May 1963), universally known as George Bulman, was a pilot whose flying life spanned thirty years (1915–1945).

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George R. Riley

Lieutenant George Raby Riley (23 February 1899 – 1983) was a British World War I flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories.

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George Randall (RAF officer)

Flying Officer George Ebben Randall (born 19 January 1899, date of death unknown) was a British World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories.

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Gloster Gamecock

The Gloster Gamecock was a biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force, a development of the Mk III Grebe, that first flew in February 1925.

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Gloster Javelin

The Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined T-tailed delta-wing subsonic night and all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with Britain's Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s.

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Grahame Donald

Air Marshal Sir David Grahame Donald, (27 July 1891 – 23 December 1976), often known as Sir Grahame Donald, was a Royal Naval Air Service pilot during the First World War, a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer between the wars and a senior RAF commander during the Second World War.

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Hans Berr

Oberleutnant Hans Berr was a professional soldier turned World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.

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Harold Whistler

Group Captain Harold Alfred Whistler, (30 December 1896 – March 1940) was an English fighter pilot and flying ace in the First World War.

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Harvey Sweetman

Harvey Nelson Sweetman, (10 October 1921 – 15 January 2015) was a New Zealand fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.

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Hawker Tempest

The Hawker Tempest is a British fighter aircraft primarily used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War.

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Hawker Woodcock

The Hawker Woodcock was a British single-seat fighter built by the Hawker Engineering Company as the first fighter to be produced by Hawker Engineering (the successor to Sopwith Aviation).

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Hazel Wallace

Captain Hazel LeRoy Wallace DFC (13 November 1897 –22 March 1976) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 14 victories.

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Heckington

Heckington is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Hedley Fowler

Hedley Nevile 'Bill' Fowler (8 June 1916 – 26 March 1944) was a British Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and successfully escaped from Oflag IV-C at Colditz during the Second World War.

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HMS Diamond (D34)

HMS Diamond is the third ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy.

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HMS Sultan (establishment)

HMS Sultan is a shore base of the Royal Navy in Gosport, Hampshire, England.

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Hubert Chapman

Air Vice Marshal Hubert Huntlea Chapman (20 February 1910 – 10 April 1972) was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer.

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Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force.

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Hunsdon Airfield

Hunsdon Airfield is a largely defunct airfield near Hunsdon, Hertfordshire and north of Harlow, Essex, England.

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Icelandic Air Policing

Icelandic Air Policing is a NATO operation conducted to patrol Iceland's airspace.

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Index of World War II articles (N)

# N Force.

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Indradhanush (Air Force Exercise)

Exercise Indradhanush (Hindi:Rainbow) is a joint air force exercise conducted by the Royal Air Force and the Indian Air Force.

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Jack Rose (administrator)

Wing Commander Jack Rose CMG MBE DFC (18 January 1917 - 10 October 2009) was an English fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain who later in World War II pioneered the use of rockets fired from fighter-bombers.

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Jagdgeschwader 27

Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27) "Afrika" was a fighter wing of the air force of Nazi Germany (Luftwaffe) during World War II.

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James Anderson Slater

Flight Lieutenant James Anderson Slater (27 November 1896 – 26 November 1925) was a British First World War flying ace, credited with 24 aerial victories.

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James McCudden

James Thomas Byford McCudden, (28 March 1895 – 9 July 1918) was an English flying ace of the First World War and among the most highly decorated airmen in British military history.

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James Robb (RAF officer)

Air Chief Marshal Sir James Milne Robb, (26 January 1895 – 18 December 1968) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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James Victor Gascoyne

Lieutenant James Victor Gascoyne (25 May 1892 – 1976) was an English World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

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Jim McCairns

James Atterby McCairns, (21 September 1919 – 13 June 1948) was an English pilot with the Royal Air Force.

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John Evans (cricketer, born 1889)

Alfred John Evans (1 May 1889 – 18 September 1960), known as John Evans, was an English amateur cricketer who played mainly for Oxford University and Kent County Cricket Club whom he captained in 1927.

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John Salmond

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Maitland Salmond, (17 July 1881 – 16 April 1968) was a British military officer who rose to high rank in the Royal Flying Corps and then the Royal Air Force.

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John Summers (RAF officer)

Group Captain John Kenneth Summers (born 22 December 1894, date of death unknown) was a British First World War flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.

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John William Aldred

Captain John William Aldred was an English World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.

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Joint Force Harrier

Joint Strike Wing, previously known as Joint Force Harrier (JFH), was the British military formation which controlled the STOVL BAE Harrier II aircraft of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm.

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Kampfgeschwader 3

Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz" (KG 3) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II.

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Kampfgeschwader 54

Kampfgeschwader 54 "Totenkopf"() (KG 54) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II.

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Keith Thiele

Keith Frederick (Jimmy) Thiele DSO, DFC & 2 Bars (25 February 1921 – 5 January 2016) was an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War.

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Larkhill

Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England.

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Lionel Charlton

Air Commodore Lionel Evelyn Oswald Charlton, (7 July 1879 – 18 April 1958) was a British infantry officer who served in the Second Boer War.

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List of Battle of Britain squadrons

This is a list of the officially accredited Battle of Britain units with their aircraft types, code letters, call signs and casualties.

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List of de Havilland Vampire operators

List of operators of the de Havilland Vampire:;.

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List of fatal accidents and incidents involving Royal Air Force aircraft from 1945

Several fatal accidents and incidents involving military aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force have occurred since 1945.

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List of Gloster Gladiator operators

The following are operators of the Gloster Gladiator.

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List of Harrier operators

This is a list of operators of the Harrier family of military V/STOL aircraft, designed and built in the United Kingdom and United States of America.

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List of Harvard University non-graduate alumni

This is a list of notable people who attended Harvard University, but did not graduate or have yet to graduate.

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List of Hawker Hunter operators

The following is a list of units that have used the Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft.

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List of Hawker Hurricane operators

This is a list of the Hawker Hurricane operators.

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List of Hawker Tempest operators

The List of Hawker Tempest operators lists the counties and their air force units that have operated the aircraft.

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List of Hawker Typhoon operators

The List of Hawker Typhoon operators lists the countries and their air force units that have operated the aircraft.

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List of mid-air collisions and incidents in the United Kingdom

A number of mid-air collisions and incidents have taken place in the United Kingdom.

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List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Royal Aero Club in 1913

The Royal Aero Club issued Aviators Certificates from 1910.

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List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (A–C)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.

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List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (D–F)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.

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List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (G–K)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.

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List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (L–N)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.

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List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (O–R)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.

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List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (S–U)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.

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List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (V–Z)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.

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List of RAF squadron codes

Most units of the Royal Air Force are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron code.

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List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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List of Royal Air Force operations

This following List of Royal Air Force operations includes both national and multi-national operations as well as joint and air-only operations that the Royal Air Force has participated in.

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List of Royal Air Force stations

This list of RAF Stations is a list of all current Royal Air Force stations (military air bases), airfields, and administrative headquarters of the Royal Air Force.

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List of Royal Flying Corps squadrons

A list of Royal Flying Corps squadrons with date and location of foundation.

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List of wings of the Royal Air Force

Wings within the Royal Air Force have both administrative and tactical applications.

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List of World War I flying aces from the United States

The following is a list of flying aces from the United States of America who served in World War I.

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List of World War II aces from the United Kingdom

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the United Kingdom and the British Empire (Country names as per name at the time of World War II).

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Lloyd Andrews Hamilton

First Lieutenant Lloyd Andrews Hamilton (13 June 1894 – 24 August 1918) was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.

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Lochnagar mine

The Lochnagar mine was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during the First World War, ready for 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme.

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Maurice Michael Stephens

Maurice Michael Stephens, (20 October 1919 – 23 September 2004) was a Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War.

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Mines on the first day of the Somme

The 19 mines on the first day of the Somme comprised a series of underground explosive charges, secretly planted by British tunnelling units beneath the German front lines on the Western Front during the First World War, ready to be detonated in the morning of Saturday 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916).

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Morane-Saulnier BB

The Morane-Saulnier BB was a military observation aircraft produced in France during World War I for use by Britain's Royal Flying Corps.

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Morane-Saulnier L

The Morane-Saulnier L, also known as the Morane-Saulnier Type L was a French parasol wing one or two-seat scout aeroplane of the First World War.

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Neil Smuts

Captain Neil Ritz Smuts (born 23 December 1898, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

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Netheravon Airfield

Netheravon Airfield is a grass strip airfield on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, England.

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No. 1 Group RAF

No.

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No. 1451 Flight RAF

No.

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No. 1455 Flight RAF

No.

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No. 2 Squadron RAF

Not to be confused with No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment No.

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No. 232 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 3 Squadron RAAF

No.

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No. 486 Squadron RNZAF

486 (NZ) Squadron was a New Zealand fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

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No. 5 Wing RAF

No.

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No. 530 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 56 Squadron RAF

Number 56 Squadron is one of the oldest and most successful squadrons of the Royal Air Force, with battle honours from many of the significant air campaigns of both World War I and World War II.

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No. 59 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 69 Squadron RAF

The designation No.

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No. 85 Group RAF

No.

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No. 96 Squadron RAF

No.

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Operation Diver

Operation Diver was the British codename for countermeasures against the V-1 flying bomb campaign launched by the German Luftwaffe in 1944 against London and other parts of Britain.

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Operation Herrick aerial order of battle

This is the Operation Herrick aerial order of battle, which lists any aerial or airfield protection units of the British armed forces that have taken part in the duration of Operation Herrick between 2002 and 2014.

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Operation Jubilee order of battle

Operation Jubilee was the Allied code name for the raid at Dieppe on the French coast on August 19, 1942.

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Operation Telic order of battle

This is the Operation Telic order of battle, which lists the British forces that took part in Operation Telic, including.

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Operation Veritas

Operation Veritas was the codename used for British military operations against the Taliban government of Afghanistan in 2001.

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Order of battle at Mons

The following units of the German First Army and British Expeditionary Force fought in the Battle of Mons in World War I.

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Order of battle for the Battle of the Somme

This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme.

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Order of battle of the First Battle of the Marne

The following units of the British, French and German Empires fought in the First Battle of the Marne from 5–12 September 1914 on the Western Front of World War I.

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Oscar Heron

Captain Oscar Aloysius Patrick Heron (17 September 1896 – 5 August 1933) was an Irish World War I flying ace of the British Royal Air Force, credited with thirteen confirmed aerial victories.

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Ovillers-la-Boisselle in World War I

In World War I, the small commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle, located some north-east of Amiens in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France, was the site of intense and sustained fighting between German and Allied forces.

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Peter Squire

Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Ted Squire, (7 October 1945 – 19 February 2018) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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Pierre Clostermann

Pierre Henri Clostermann (28 February 1921 – 22 March 2006) was a French flying ace.

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Quick Reaction Alert

Quick Reaction Alert, known colloquially as QRA, is state of readiness and modus operandi of air defence maintained at all hours of the day by NATO, mainly involving the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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RAF Castletown

Royal Air Force station Castletown or more simply RAF Castletown is a former Royal Air Force station that operated during the Second World War.

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RAF Coltishall

Royal Air Force Coltishall, more commonly known as RAF Coltishall, is a former Royal Air Force station located North-North-East of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia, which operated from 1938 to 2006.

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RAF Coningsby

Royal Air Force Coningsby or more simply RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station located south west of Horncastle, and north west of Boston, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

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RAF Cottesmore

Royal Air Force Station Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton.

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RAF Fighter Command Order of Battle 1940

This article lists the RAF Fighter Command order of battle at 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain.

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RAF Gütersloh

Royal Air Force Station Gütersloh, more commonly known as RAF Gütersloh, was a Royal Air Force Germany military airfield, the nearest Royal Air Force airfield to the East/West German border, in the vicinity of the town of Gütersloh.

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RAF Geilenkirchen

Royal Air Force Station Geilenkirchen, more commonly known as RAF Geilenkirchen, was a Royal Air Force station in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, built by the British who used the facility mainly as an airfield for RAF fighter squadrons from May 1953 until 21 January 1968.

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RAF Halton

Royal Air Force Halton or more simply RAF Halton is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom, located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire.

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RAF Hawkinge

Royal Air Force Hawkinge or more simply RAF Hawkinge is a former Royal Air Force station located north of Folkestone, Kent and west of Dover, Kent, England.

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RAF Heathfield

RAF Heathfield, sometimes known as RAF Ayr/Heathfield due to its proximity to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was also used by military flights, is a former Royal Air Force station.

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RAF Kenley

The former Royal Air Force Station Kenley, more commonly known as RAF Kenley was a station of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and the RAF in the Second World War.

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RAF Laarbruch

The former Royal Air Force Station Laarbruch, more commonly known as RAF Laarbruch ICAO EDUL (from 1 January 1995 ETUL) was a Royal Air Force station, a military airfield, located in Germany on its border with the Netherlands.

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RAF Leeming

Royal Air Force Leeming or RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station located near Leeming, North Yorkshire, England.

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RAF Matlaske

RAF Matlaske was a satellite air field of the Royal Air Force to RAF Coltishall, situated near Matlaske in Norfolk, England.

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RAF Newchurch

Royal Air Force Station Newchurch or RAF Newchurch was a temporary Second World War airfield at Newchurch, Kent.

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RAF Skaebrae

RAF Skaebrae is a former Royal Air Force station located west of Dounby, Mainland, Orkney and northwest of Finstown, Mainland, Orkney.

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RAF Skeabrae

Royal Air Force Skeabrae or more simply RAF Skeabrae is a former Royal Air Force station located in Orkney, Mainland, United Kingdom.

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RAF Sumburgh

RAF Sumburgh was located on the southern tip of the mainland island of the Shetland Islands, and was home to half of No. 404 Squadron RCAF, (Royal Canadian Air Force).

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RAF Sylt

RAF Sylt is a former Royal Air Force station located near Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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RAF Upavon

Trenchard Lines is a major British Army headquarters.

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RAF Uxbridge

RAF Uxbridge was a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Uxbridge, within the London Borough of Hillingdon, occupying a site that originally belonged to the Hillingdon House estate.

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RAF West Malling

Royal Air Force West Malling or RAF West Malling is a former Royal Air Force station located south of West Malling, Kent and west of Maidstone, Kent, England.

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RAF Wildenrath

Royal Air Force Wildenrath, commonly known as RAF Wildenrath, was a Royal Air Force military airbase near Wildenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that operated from 1952 to 1992.

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RAF Wye

Royal Air Force Station Wye was a temporary First World War training airfield at Wye, Kent.

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Ralph Cochrane

Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane, (24 February 1895 – 17 December 1977) was a British aviator and Royal Air Force officer, perhaps best known for his role in Operation Chastise, the famous "Dambusters" raid.

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Remy Van Lierde

Colonel Remy Van Lierde (14 August 1915 – 8 June 1990) was a Belgian pilot and fighter ace who served during World War II in the Belgian and British Air Forces, shooting down six enemy aircraft and 44 V-1 flying bombs, and achieving the RAF rank of Squadron Leader.

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Richard Johns

Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Edward Johns, (born 28 July 1939) is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander.

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Richard Raymond-Barker

Major Richard Raymond-Barker (6 May 1894 – 20 April 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.

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Richard Wenzl

Leutnant Richard Wenzl was a German World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories.

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Robert Brooke-Popham

Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, (18 September 1878 – 20 October 1953) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.

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Robin McNair

Squadron Leader Robin John McNair, DFC and Bar (21 May 1918 – 18 May 1996) was a prominent Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War.

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Ronald McClintock

Major Ronald Saint Clair McClintock (13 July 1898 – 22 June 1922) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal Air Force Germany

The former Royal Air Force Germany (RAFG) was a command of the Royal Air Force and part of British Forces Germany.

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Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 was a British single-engine tractor two-seat biplane designed and developed by the Royal Aircraft Factory.

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Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.3

The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.3 was a single-engined rotary engined biplane developed by the British Royal Aircraft Factory prior to the First World War.

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Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8

The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8 was a British two-seat single-engined general purpose biplane of the First World War, designed by John Kenworthy at the Royal Aircraft Factory in 1913.

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Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2

The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2 (Scout Experimental) was an early British single-seat scout aircraft.

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Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War, until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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Second Allied Tactical Air Force

Second Allied Tactical Air Force (2 ATAF) was a NATO military formation under Allied Air Forces Central Europe tasked with providing air support to NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG).

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Security for the 2012 Summer Olympics

The security preparations for the 2012 Summer Olympics—with the exception of the air counter-terrorist plan, which was a RAF responsibility—was led by the police, with 13,000 officers available, supported by 17,000 members of the armed forces.

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Sopwith Camel

The Sopwith Camel was a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft introduced on the Western Front in 1917.

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Sopwith Snipe

The Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Sopwith Tabloid

The Sopwith Tabloid and Sopwith Schneider were British biplanes, originally designed as sports aircraft and later adapted for military use.

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Stapleford Aerodrome

Stapleford Aerodrome is an operational general aviation aerodrome in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England, near the village of Abridge.

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Structure of the Royal Air Force in 1989

At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the Royal Air Force structure was as follows.

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Stuart Atha

Air Marshal Stuart David Atha, (born 30 April 1962) is a serving senior officer of the Royal Air Force.

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Timothy Garden, Baron Garden

Air Marshal Timothy Garden, Baron Garden, FRUSI, FCGI (23 April 1944 – 9 August 2007) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF) who later became a university professor and a Liberal Democrat politician.

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V-1 flying bomb

The V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1")—also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb, or doodlebug, and in Germany as Kirschkern (cherrystone) or Maikäfer (maybug)—was an early cruise missile and the only production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power.

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Walter Churchill

Group Captain Walter Myers Churchill, (24 November 1907 – 27 August 1942) was a Royal Air Force pilot and flying ace during the Second World War.

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Westland Walrus

The Westland Walrus was a British spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Westland Aircraft.

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Wilfred Green (RAF officer)

Captain Wilfrid Barratt GreenThis is the form of his name used in the military service records of the National Archives, but the London Gazette and other sources sometimes use Wilfrid and Barrat.

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Will Hubbard

Captain Will Hubbard (25 February 1895—1 July 1969) was a British World War I aviation equipment developer and flying ace.

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William Dolley Tipton

Lieutenant (later Colonel) William Dolley Tipton (sometimes erroneously referred to as William Duncan Tipton) began his military career as a World War I Sopwith Camel pilot.

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William Foster MacNeece Foster

Air Vice Marshal William Foster MacNeece Foster, (21 August 1889 – 28 March 1978) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who was a member of the Combined Chiefs of Staff from 1942 to 1943.

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William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson

William Spurrett Fielding Johnson MC and Bar, DFC (8 February 1892 – 10 February 1953) was a British military officer who served in both World War I and World War II.

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William Strugnell

Group Captain William Victor Strugnell (23 July 1892 – 1977) was a British First World War flying ace credited with six aerial victories.

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Willie Read

Wing Commander William Ronald Read, & Two Bars (17 May 1885"Wing Commander Read Retires", The Times, 21 May 1932 – 1972) was a highly decorated Royal Air Force officer of World War I and the inter-war period.

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Winter operations 1914–1915

Winter operations 1914–1915 is the name given to military operations during the First World War from 1915, on the part of the Western Front held by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), in French and Belgian Flanders.

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Y Sap mine

The Y Sap mine was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during the First World War and ready for 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme.

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148th Aero Squadron

The 148th Aero Squadron was a unit of the United States Army Air Service that fought on the Western Front during World War I. As a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron.

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17th Aero Squadron

The 17th Aero Squadron was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. As a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron.

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1921 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1921.

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1922 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1922.

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1937 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1937.

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3 Squadron

3 Squadron or 3rd Squadron may refer to.

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Redirects here:

3 Squadron RAF, 3rd Aeroplane Squadron, RFC, No 3 Squadron RAF, No. 3 Squadron RFC, No. 3 Squadron Royal Air Force, No. 3 Squadron, RAF, No. 3 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAF

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