RAF Coastal Command

RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). ^[1]

Actions of 7–8 May 1945

The last actions in British coastal waters and the last actions of the Battle of the Atlantic took place on 7–8 May 1945.

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Adalbert Schneider (10 March 1904 – 27 May 1941) was the First Gunnery Officer on board the battleship ''Bismarck'', and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for the sinking of on 24 May 1941 in the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

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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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AI Mk. IV radar

Airborne Interception radar, Mark IV, or AI Mk.

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AI Mk. VIII radar

Airborne Interception radar, Mark VIII, or AI Mk.

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Air Division (Royal Navy)

The Air Division originally known as the Air Section and later known as the Naval Air Division was first established in 1924 and it was a Directorate of the Admiralty Naval Staff, that was initially responsible for operational control of aircraft supplied to the Royal Navy by the Air Ministry.

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Air Ministry

The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964.

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Air operations during the Greek Civil War

Air operations during the Greek Civil War involved primarily the air forces of the United Kingdom, South Africa, and the government of Greece against ground elements of the ELAS and other anti-government forces.

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Air warfare of World War II

The air warfare of World War II was a major component in all theaters and, together with anti-aircraft warfare, consumed a large fraction of the industrial output of the major powers.

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Alan Davies (RAF officer)

Air Marshal Sir Alan Cyril Davies, (31 March 1924 – 27 January 1998) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command in 1977.

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Albert Durston

Air Marshal Sir Albert Durston, (19 June 1894 – 24 January 1959) was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1945 to 1946.

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Alick Stevens

Air Marshal Sir Alick Charles Stevens, (31 July 1898 – 2 July 1987) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command from 1951 until his retirement in 1953.

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Alister Murdoch

Air Marshal Sir Alister Murray Murdoch, (9 December 1912 – 29 November 1984) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

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Anthony Selway

Air Marshal Sir Anthony Dunkerton "Mark" Selway, (20 February 1909 – 19 June 1984) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Coastal Command from 1962 until his retirement in 1965.

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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley

The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley was one of three British twin-engined, front line medium bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World War.

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Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command

The Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command was formed in the fall of 1942 to establish a single command to control antisubmarine warfare (ASW) activities of the Army Air Forces (AAF).

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Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)

Air Marshal Sir Arthur "Mary" Coningham, (19 January 1895 – presumably 30 January 1948) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.

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Arthur Longmore

Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore, (8 October 1885 – 10 December 1970) was an early naval aviator, before reaching high rank in the Royal Air Force.

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Article XV squadrons

Article XV squadrons were Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand air force squadrons formed from graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (1939) during World War II.

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Aubrey Ellwood

Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Beauclerk Ellwood, (3 July 1897 – 20 December 1992) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy

The Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy involved more than 3,000 military personnel serving under British command.

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Avro Lancaster

The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber.

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Avro Manchester

The Avro 679 Manchester was a British twin-engine medium bomber developed and manufactured by the Avro aircraft company in the United Kingdom.

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Avro Shackleton

The Avro Shackleton was a British long-range maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the South African Air Force (SAAF).

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B5302 road

The B5302 is a B road which runs for approximately twelve-and-a-quarter miles between the towns of Silloth-on-Solway and Wigton in Cumbria, United Kingdom.

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Ballykelly, County Londonderry

Ballykelly is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment

The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment is based at RAF Northolt, and is one of three established bands in the Royal Air Force and the music ensemble of the Royal Air Force Regiment.

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Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England, literally "The Air Battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

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Battle of Britain Day

Battle of Britain DayMason 1969, p. 386.

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Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945.

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Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939)

The Battle of the Heligoland Bight was the first "named" air battle of the Second World War, which began the longest air campaign of the war, the Defence of the Reich.

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Battle of the River Forth

The Battle of the River Forth was an air battle on 16 October 1939 between Supermarine Spitfires from No. 602 and No. 603 Squadrons of the Royal Air Force and Junkers Ju 88 bombers of 1.

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Battle of Ushant (1944)

The Battle of Ushant, also known as the Battle of Brittany, occurred on the early morning of 9 June 1944 and was an engagement between German and Allied destroyer flotillas off the coast of Brittany.

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Beccles Airport

Beccles Airfield, also known as Beccles Airport or Beccles Aerodrome, is located in Ellough, southeast of Beccles in the English county of Suffolk.

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Belfast International Airport

Belfast International Airport is an airport northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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Black Friday (1945)

On 9 February 1945, a force of Allied Bristol Beaufighter aircraft suffered many losses, during an attack on the German destroyer ''Z33'' and its escorting vessels; the operation was called "'Black Friday'" by the Allied survivors.

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Black May (1943)

‘Black May’ refers to a period (May 1943) in the Battle of the Atlantic campaign during World War II, when the German U-boat arm (U-Bootwaffe) suffered high casualties with fewer Allied ships sunk; it is considered a turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic.

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Blackpool Airport

Blackpool Airport is an airport on the Fylde coast of Lancashire, England, in the Borough of Fylde, just outside the Borough of Blackpool.

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Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)

The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, was carried out during World War II by the United Kingdom and France in order to restrict the supplies of minerals, metals, food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany - and later Fascist Italy - in order to sustain their war efforts.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

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Bombing of Bremen in World War II

The Bombing of Bremen in World War II by the British Royal Air Force and US Eighth Air Force targeted strategic targets in the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which had heavy anti-aircraft artillery but only 35 fighter aircraft in the area.

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Bombing of Cologne in World War II

The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids at www.koelnarchitektur.de "Internet portal for the architecture of Cologne".

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Bowmore distillery

Bowmore is a distillery that produces scotch whisky on the isle of Islay, an island of the Inner Hebrides.

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Brian Edmund Baker

Air Marshal Sir Brian Edmund Baker (31 August 1896 – 8 October 1979) was an officer of the Royal Air Force who served in both World Wars.

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Brian Reynolds (RAF officer)

Air Marshal Sir Brian Vernon Reynolds, (4 June 1902 – 6 December 1965) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command.

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Brian Stanbridge

Air Vice Marshal Sir Brian Gerald Tivy Stanbridge (6 July 1924 – 12 February 2003) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Bristol Beaufighter

The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often referred to simply as the "Beau") is a multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in the United Kingdom.

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Bristol Beaufort

The Bristol Beaufort (manufacturer designation Type 152) was a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber.

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Bristol Blenheim

The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War.

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Bristol Brigand

The Bristol Brigand was a British anti-shipping/ground attack/dive bomber aircraft, developed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as a replacement for the Beaufighter.

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Bristol Hotel, Gibraltar

Bristol Hotel is Gibraltar's oldest hotel.

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British 18 inch torpedo

There have been a number of 18 inch torpedoes in service with the United Kingdom.

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British Tanker Company

British Tanker Company Limited was the maritime transport arm of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the forerunner of BP.

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C. H. Waddington

Conrad Hal Waddington CBE FRS FRSE (8 November 1905 – 26 September 1975) was a British developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher who laid the foundations for systems biology, epigenetics, and evolutionary developmental biology.

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Channel Dash

The Channel Dash or Unternehmen Zerberus (Operation Cerberus) was a German naval operation during World War II.

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Charles Cundall

Charles Ernest Cundall,, (6 September 1890 – 4 November 1971), was an English painter of topographical subjects and townscapes, best known for his large panoramic canvases.

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Charles Lamb (Royal Navy officer)

Commander Charles Bentall Lamb DSO DSC Royal Navy (1914–1981) was an officer in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II.

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Charles Laverock Lambe

Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Laverock Lambe, (10 May 1875 – 25 April 1953) was a distinguished officer in the Royal Navy and a foundational commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF) on its creation in 1918.

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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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Charles Steele

Air Marshal Sir Charles Ronald Steele, (9 November 1897 – 14 February 1973) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Coastal Command from 1950 to 1952.

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Christopher McEvoy

Lieutenant Christopher McEvoy was an English flying ace credited with nine aerial victories during World War I. Despite poor health, he would gallantly serve his nation in both World Wars before his early death.

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Coastal Command (film)

Coastal Command is a 1943 British film made by the Crown Film Unit for the Ministry of Information.

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Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches

Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches was the commander of a major operational command of the Royal Navy during World War II.

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Commando (aircraft)

Commando (Air Ministry serial number AL504) was a very long range Consolidated Liberator II aircraft adapted for passenger transport, to serve as the personal aircraft of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.

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Consolidated Liberator I

Consolidated Liberator I was the service name of the first Consolidated B-24 Liberator four-engined bombers to see use with the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Consolidated PB2Y Coronado

The PB2Y Coronado is a large flying boat patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft.

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Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer

The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is a World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

The Consolidated PBY Catalina, also known as the Canso in Canadian service, is an American flying boat, and later an amphibious aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s produced by Consolidated Aircraft.

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Convoy HG 76

HG 76 was an Allied convoy of the HG (Homeward from Gibraltar) series during World War II.

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Convoy HG 84

HG 84 was an Allied convoy of the HG (Homeward from Gibraltar) series during World War II.

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Convoy HX 237

HX 237 was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II.

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Convoy PQ 17

PQ 17 was the code name for an Allied convoy in the Arctic Ocean during the Second World War.

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Convoy PQ 18

Convoy PQ 18 was an Arctic convoy of forty Allied freighters from Scotland and Iceland to Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union in the war against Nazi Germany.

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Convoy SC 129

SC 129 was a North Atlantic convoy of the SC series which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II.

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Convoy SC 42

Convoy SC 42 was the 42nd of the numbered series of World War II '''S'''low '''C'''onvoys of merchant ships from '''S'''ydney, '''C'''ape Breton Island to Liverpool.

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Convoy SL 125

Convoy SL 125 was the 125th of the numbered series of World War II SL convoys of merchant ships from '''S'''ierra '''L'''eone to Liverpool.

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Cornwall Airport Newquay

Cornwall Airport Newquay is the main commercial airport for Cornwall.

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Course Setting Bomb Sight

The Course Setting Bomb Sight (CSBS) is the canonical vector bombsight, the first practical system for properly accounting for the effects of wind during the dropping of bombs.

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Crosby-on-Eden

Crosby-on-Eden is the combined name for two small villages, High Crosby and Low Crosby, within the civil parish of Stanwix Rural near Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

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D. V. Peyton-Ward

Dudley Vivian Peyton-Ward CBE (- 1976) was a Royal Navy officer who served in both the First World War and during and after the Second World War.

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David Beaty (author)

Arthur David Beaty (28 March 1919 – 4 December 1999) was a British writer, pilot and psychologist notable as a pioneer in the field of human factors, now an integral branch of aviation medicine, which he argued played a central role in aviation accidents attributed to pilot error.

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David Hodge (Glasgow)

David Hodge (13 September 1909 – 9 December 1991) was Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1977 to 1980.

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David Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron

David William Anthony Blyth Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron (23 January 1924 – 31 August 2006) was best known as the "motorcycling peer".

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De Havilland Mosquito

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engine shoulder-winged multi-role combat aircraft.

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De Havilland Mosquito operational history

The de Havilland Mosquito was a British light bomber that served in many roles during and after the Second World War.

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De Havilland Tiger Moth

The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.

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Depth charge

A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare weapon.

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Derek Hodgkinson

Air Chief Marshal Sir William Derek Hodgkinson, (27 December 1917 – 29 January 2010), commonly known as Sir Derek Hodgkinson, was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Derek Teden

Derek Edmund Teden (19 July 1916 – 15 October 1940) was an English rugby union player.

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Desmond 'Dizzy' de Villiers

Desmond ‘Dizzy' de Villiers AFC (7 November 1922 – 19 June 1976)England & Wales, Birth & Death Indexes was chief test pilot at de Havilland, the world’s first open cockpit pilot to reach supersonic speed (albeit inadvertently, the cockpit canopy flew off mid-flight), the second British pilot to exceed mach 2, chief experimental test pilot on the English Electric Lightning programme (making more than 1,000 flights) and who, during his test career, flew more than 6,000 hours in 130 different aircraft.

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Disney bomb

The Disney bomb, also known as the Disney Swish, officially the 4500 lb Concrete Piercing/Rocket Assisted bomb was a rocket-assisted bunker buster bomb developed during the Second World War by the British Royal Navy to penetrate hardened concrete targets, such as submarine pens, which could resist conventional free-fall bombs.

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Dive bomber

A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops.

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Don Bennett

Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett, (14 September 1910 – 15 September 1986) was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber pilot who rose to be the youngest air vice marshal in the Royal Air Force.

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Douglas Ryley

Air Vice-Marshal Douglas William Robert Ryley (1905-1985), was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Dounreay

Dounreay (Dùnrath) (Ordnance Survey) is on the north coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland and west of the town of Thurso.

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Dunkeswell Aerodrome

Dunkeswell Aerodrome is an airfield in East Devon, England.

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East Africa rugby union team

Established in 1950, The East Africa rugby union team is a multi-national rugby union team drawing players from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, though the vast majority of these came from Kenya which has traditionally been the strongest rugby playing nation in this part of the world.

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Eastbury Park, Northwood

Eastbury Park was an estate in Eastbury near Northwood, London.

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Edgar F. Codd

Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd (19 August 1923 – 18 April 2003) was an English computer scientist who, while working for IBM, invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational databases and relational database management systems.

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Edward Chilton

Air Marshal Sir Charles Edward Chilton, (1 November 1906 – 4 August 1992) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Coastal Command from 1959 to 1962.

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Edward Ellington

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Edward Leonard Ellington, (30 December 1877 – 13 June 1967) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.

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Edward Fennessy

Sir Edward "Ned" Fennessy (17 January 1912 – 21 November 2009) was an English electronics engineer who helped lead several developments of early radar systems under Robert Watson-Watt and went on to lead development of a variety of radio navigation systems.

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Edward George Bowen

Edward George 'Taffy' Bowen, CBE, FRS (14 January 1911 – 12 August 1991) was a Welsh physicist who made a major contribution to the development of radar, and so helped win both the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic.

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Ellough

Ellough is a parish in the English county of Suffolk located approximately south-east of Beccles.

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Elvetham air crash

The Elvetham air crash occurred on 5 October 1945 when a Consolidated Liberator GR.VI aircraft, serial number KG867, of 311 Squadron Royal Air Force crashed at Elvetham, east of Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, following a fire in one of its engines and fuel starvation to another.

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Emergency fighter

An emergency fighter is an aircraft designed or adapted for use as a fighter during an emergency period in war.

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Eric Dodson

Eric Dodson (1 December 1920 – 13 January 2000) was an English actor born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire who played many roles in films and on television.

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Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives

Ernest Walter Hives, 1st Baron Hives (21 April 1886 – 24 April 1965), was the one-time head of the Rolls-Royce Aero Engine division and chairman of Rolls-Royce Ltd.

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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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Ernst Lindemann

Otto Ernst Lindemann (28 March 1894 – 27 May 1941) was a German Kapitän zur See (naval captain).

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Evan James Williams

Evan James Williams FRS (8 June 1903 – 29 September 1945) was a Welsh experimental physicist who worked in a number of fields with some of the most notable physicists of his day, including Patrick Blackett, Lawrence Bragg, Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr.

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Exercise Strikeback

Exercise Strikeback was a major naval exercise of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that took place over a ten-day period in September 1957.

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F. H. Maynard

Air Vice Marshal Forster Herbert Martin "Sammy" Maynard, (1 May 1893 – 26 January 1976) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and a flying ace credited with six aerial victories during the First World War.

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Fairey Swordfish

The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber designed by the Fairey Aviation Company.

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Fighter-bomber

A fighter-bomber is a fighter aircraft that has been modified, or used primarily, as a light bomber or attack aircraft.

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Fincastle Trophy

The International Fincastle Competition is a contest of skills between the air forces of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

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Flare Path

Flare Path is a play by Terence Rattigan, written in 1941 and first staged in 1942.

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Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.

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Fliegerführer Atlantik

Fliegerführer Atlantik (German: "Flyer Command Atlantic") was a World War II Luftwaffe naval command dedicated to maritime patrol.

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Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor

The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies, was a German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner.

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Fokker T.VIII

The Fokker T.VIII was a Dutch twin-engined torpedo-bomber and reconnaissance floatplane developed in the late 1930s, which served in the Dutch, British and German air forces.

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Francis Bennion

Francis Alan Roscoe Bennion (2 January 1923 – 28 January 2015) was a barrister in the United Kingdom.

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Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir Frank Henry Edward Hopkins KCB, DSO, DSC, (23 June 1910 – 14 April 1990), was an officer in the Royal Navy.

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Frank Hopps

Air Vice Marshal Frank Linden Hopps, (3 December 1894 – 10 October 1976) was a senior officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Frank William Foster

Wing Commander Frank William Foster DFC, DSM (10 April 1887, London — 5 March 1963, Reading).

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Frederick Bowhill

Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick William Bowhill, (1 September 1880 – 12 March 1960) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force before and during the Second World War.

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Frederick Hards

Air Vice Marshal Frederick George Darby Hards, (17 April 1889 – 10 July 1963) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding British Forces Aden from 1941 until his retirement in 1943.

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Günther Lütjens

Johann Günther Lütjens (25 May 1889 – 27 May 1941) was a German Admiral whose military service spanned more than thirty years and two world wars.

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Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet

Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet (28 August 1891 – 16 November 1983) was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer during the Second World War and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 1945 to 1952.

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Geoffrey Tuttle

Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey William Tuttle KBE CB DFC (2 October 1906 – 11 January 1989) was a former senior Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.

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George E. Kimball

George Elbert Kimball (July 12, 1906 – December 6, 1967) was an American professor of quantum chemistry, and a pioneer of operations research algorithms during World War II.

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George Melville-Jackson

George Holmes Melville-Jackson, (23 November 1919 – 7 March 2009) was a Royal Air Force officer and a flying ace of the Second World War who fought in the Battle of Britain and the siege of Malta.

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George Stacey Hodson

Air Vice Marshal George Stacey Hodson, (2 May 1899 – 1 October 1976) was an air officer of the British Royal Air Force who began his military career as a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.

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George Worsley Adamson

George Worsley Adamson, RE, MCSD (7 February 1913 – 5 March 2005) was a book illustrator, writer, and cartoonist, who held American and British dual citizenship from 1931.

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German battleship Scharnhorst

Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.

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German submarine U-405

German submarine U-405 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

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German submarine U-456

German submarine U-456 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II.

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German submarine U-463

German submarine U-463 was a Type XIV supply and replenishment U-boat ("Milchkuh") of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

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German submarine U-55 (1939)

German submarine U-55 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

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German submarine U-98 (1940)

German submarine U-98 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, operating from March 1941 until she was sunk in November 1942.

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Gilbert Nicholetts

Air Marshal Sir Gilbert Edward Nicholetts KBE CB AFC & Bar (9 November 1902 – 7 September 1983) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1950s.

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Glossary of RAF code names

Code words used by the Royal Air Force during World War II.

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Guy Gibson

Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, (12 August 1918 – 19 September 1944), was the first Commanding Officer of the Royal Air Force's No. 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid (Operation Chastise) in 1943, resulting in the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr area of Germany.

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H2S (radar)

H2S was the first airborne, ground scanning radar system.

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Handley Page Halifax

The Handley Page Halifax was a Royal Air Force (RAF) four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War.

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Handley Page Hampden

The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden was a British twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Handley Page Hastings

The Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings was a British troop-carrier and freight transport aircraft designed and built by the Handley Page Aircraft Company for the Royal Air Force.

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Harold Edwards (RCAF officer)

Air Marshal Harold "Gus" Edwards, (24 December 1892 – 23 February 1952) was a Canadian Air Force officer who played a prominent role in building the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

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Harold Spencer Kerby

Air Vice Marshal Harold Spencer Kerby, (14 May 1893 – 8 June 1963) was Canadian-born air officer of the Royal Air Force.

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Harrow High School

The site was formerly the home of Harrow County School for Boys.

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Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm

Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC (4 October 1922 – 30 August 2006), was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician.

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Herbert G. Brackley

Herbert G Brackley was a pioneer of civil aviation during the first half of the twentieth century.

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Herdla Airport

Herdla Airport (Herdla flyplass; Flugplatz Herdla) was a military air base situated on the island of Herdla in Askøy, Norway.

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Hermann Greiner

Georg-Hermann Greiner (2 January 1920 – 26 September 2014) was a Luftwaffe night fighter ace who served during World War II.

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Highgate School

Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is a British coeducational independent school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England.

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History of the Polish Air Force

This article is about the history of the Polish Air Force.

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History of the Royal Air Force

The history of the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, spans a century of British military aviation.

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HMS Ardent (H41)

HMS Ardent was an destroyer of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Biter (D97)

HMS Biter was a Royal Navy escort carrier during the Second World War.

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HMS Electra (H27)

HMS Electra was a one of nine E-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.

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HMS Fieldfare

HMS Fieldfare also known as R.A.F. Landing Ground Novar, then RNAS Evanton and later as RAF Evanton, is a disused airfield in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.

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HMS Hastings (L27)

HMS Hastings was a ''Hastings''-class sloop of the Royal Navy that saw action in World War II.

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HMS King George V (41)

HMS King George V (pennant number 41) was the lead ship of the five British battleships of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Mahratta (G23)

HMS Mahratta was an M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served during World War II.

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HMS Starling (U66)

HMS Starling, pennant number U66, was a Modified ''Black Swan''-class sloop of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Sunfish (81S)

HMS Sunfish was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched on 30 September 1936 and served in the Second World War.

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HMS Unbeaten

HMS Unbeaten was a U-class submarine, of the second group of that class, built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness.

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HMS Woodpecker (U08)

HMS Woodpecker, pennant number U08, was a sloop of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Wren (U28)

HMS Wren (U28) was a ''Black Swan''-class sloop of the Royal Navy.

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HNoMY Norge

HNoMY Norge (in Norwegian, KS or K/S Norge) is the Royal Yacht of the King of Norway.

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Hugh Edwards (rower)

Hugh Robert Arthur Edwards (17 November 1906 – 21 December 1972), also known as Jumbo Edwards, attended Christ Church, Oxford and was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

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Humphrey de Verd Leigh

Wing Commander Humphrey de Verd Leigh, OBE, DFC, AFC (1897–1980) was a Royal Air Force officer.

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Ian McGeoch

Vice-Admiral Sir Ian Lachlan Mackay McGeoch, KCB, DSO, DSC (26 March 1914 – 12 August 2007) was a commissioned officer in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.

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Ian Samuel

Ian Samuel CMG CVO (20 August 1915 – 26 December 2010) was a Royal Air Force pilot, British diplomat, and director of chemical and agrochemical trade associations.

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Invasion stripes

Invasion stripes were alternating black and white bands painted on the fuselages and wings of World War II Allied aircraft, for the purpose of increased recognition by friendly forces (and thus reduced friendly fire incidents) during and after the Normandy Landings.

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Islay

Islay (Ìle) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Israel Fisanovich

Israel Ilyich Fisanovich (sometimes transliterated as Izrail Fisanovich) (1914–1944), was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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J.P. "Paddy" Saul

Captain J.P. "Paddy" Saul or Jonathan Patrick Saul (15 March 1895 – 22 June 1968) was a noted Irish aviator and seaman.

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Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II)

2./JG 13./JG 14./JG 1gruppenStab./JG 1 --> Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1) was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940 and 1944.

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James Catanach

James Catanach (28 November 1921 – 29 March 1944), known as "Jim" or Jimmy, was an Australian Handley Page Hampden bomber pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War.

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James Gilbert (producer)

Cecil James "Jimmy" Gilbert (15 May 1923 – 7 July 2016) was a Scottish television producer, director and executive for the BBC.

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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 Strutt

James William Strutt (8 January 1924 – 8 November 2008) was a Canadian architect.

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John Baker (RAF officer)

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Wakeling Baker, (23 October 1897 – 10 March 1978) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the mid-20th century.

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John Boothman

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Nelson Boothman, (19 February 1901 – 29 December 1957) was a senior Royal Air Force officer during the Second World War who went on to high command in the post-war years.

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John Braham (RAF officer)

John Randall Daniel "Bob" Braham, (6 April 1920 – 7 February 1974) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) night fighter pilot and fighter ace during the Second World War.

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John Cruickshank

John Alexander Cruickshank, VC (born 20 May 1920) is a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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John F. Archard

John Frederick Archard (aka Jack Archard) (1918-1989) was a British engineer known for his wear studies.

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John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam

John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam (17 July 1912 – 15 April 1973), styled the Honourable John Grimston until 1960, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).

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John Lapsley

Air Marshal Sir John Hugh Lapsley, (24 September 1916 – 21 November 1995) was a British fighter pilot of the Second World War and, later, a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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John Leacroft

Group Captain John Leacroft MC & Bar (4 November 1888 – 26 August 1971) was a World War I fighter ace credited with 22 victories.

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John Slessor

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, (3 June 1897 – 12 July 1979), sometimes known as Jack Slessor, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF), serving as Chief of the Air Staff from 1950 to 1952.

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Johnny Hyde (RAF officer)

Wing Commander Ernest Leslie ‘Johnny’ Hyde DFC (1914–1942), was a British senior officer in the Royal Air Force during World War II, best known for his lead role in the Ministry of Information film Coastal Command that was released after his early death from wounds suffered during air operations over Norway in 1942.

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Johnny Johnson (RAF officer)

Squadron Leader George Leonard "Johnny" Johnson, (born 25 November 1921) is a retired Royal Air Force officer and Britain's last survivor of the original members of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943.

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Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove

Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove or more simply JHC FS Aldergrove is located south of Antrim, Northern Ireland and northwest of Belfast and adjoins Belfast International Airport.

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June 1941

The following events occurred in June 1941.

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Kanalkampf

The Kanalkampf (Channel Battle) was the German name for air operations by the German Luftwaffe against the British Royal Air Force (RAF) over the English Channel, which marked the beginning of the Battle of Britain in July 1940, during the Second World War.

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Ken Gatward

Group Captain Alfred Kitchener Gatward, (28 August 1914 – 19 November 1998), known as Ken Gatward, was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot of the Second World War.

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Kinloss Barracks

Kinloss Barracks is a military installation located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland.

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Lack of Moral Fibre

Lack of Moral Fibre or LMF was a punitive designation used by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War to stigmatize aircrew who refused to fly operations.

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Last battle of the battleship Bismarck

The last battle of the German battleship Bismarck took place in the Atlantic Ocean approximately west of Brest, France, on 26–27 May 1941.

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Latécoère 298

The Latécoère 298 (sometimes abridged to Laté 298) was a French seaplane that served during World War II.

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Lee Howard (journalist)

Leon Alexander Lee Howard (1914–1978), known as Lee Howard, was a British newspaper editor.

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Leigh Light

The Leigh Light (abbreviated L/L) was a British World War II era anti-submarine device used in the Battle of the Atlantic.

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Leonard Slatter

Air Marshal Sir Leonard Horatio Slatter, (8 December 1894 – 14 April 1961) was a naval aviator during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War.

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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1940–44)

This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.

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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1950–54)

This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.

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List of Air Ministry specifications

This is a partial list of the British Air Ministry (AM) specifications for aircraft.

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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 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress operators

This list of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress operators is a list of users who flew and operated the Boeing B-17.

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List of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress variants

The following is an extensive catalogue of the variants and specific unique elements of each variant and/or design stage of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber.

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List of Consolidated PBY Catalina operators

The List of Consolidated PBY Catalina operators lists the countries and their naval aviation and Air Force units that have operated the aircraft.

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List of current places of worship in Chichester District

As of, there are more than 130 places of worship in the district of Chichester in the English county of West Sussex.

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List of Old Olavians

This is a List of notable Old Olavians, these being former pupils of St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School and its predecessors, St Olave's and St Saviour's.

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List of Royal Air Force air chief marshals

The following is a list of Royal Air Force air chief marshals.

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List of Royal Air Force commands

This is a list of Royal Air Force commands, both past and present.

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List of Royal Air Force groups

This is a list of Royal Air Force groups.

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List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units

Royal Air Force Operational Training Units (OTU) were training units that prepared aircrew for operations on a particular type or types of aircraft or roles.

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List of seaplane bases in the United Kingdom

This article lists both active and historic seaplane bases in the United Kingdom, many of which were either used for, or planned to be used for, the defence of the UK.

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List of shipwrecks in April 1943

The list of shipwrecks in April 1943 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1943.

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List of shipwrecks in April 1945

The list of shipwrecks in April 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1945.

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List of shipwrecks in August 1941

The list of shipwrecks in August 1941 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1941.

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List of shipwrecks in August 1944

The list of shipwrecks in August 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1944.

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List of shipwrecks in July 1944

The list of shipwrecks in July 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1944.

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List of shipwrecks in June 1942

The list of shipwrecks in June 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1942.

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List of shipwrecks in June 1944

The list of shipwrecks in June 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1944.

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List of shipwrecks in March 1941

The list of shipwrecks in March 1941 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1941.

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List of shipwrecks in March 1944

The list of shipwrecks in March 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1944.

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List of shipwrecks in May 1942

The list of shipwrecks in May 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1942.

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List of shipwrecks in May 1943

The list of shipwrecks in May 1943 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1943.

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List of shipwrecks in May 1944

The list of shipwrecks in May 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1944.

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List of shipwrecks in May 1945

The list of shipwrecks in May 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1945.

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List of Vorpostenboote in World War II

A Vorpostenboot (plural Vorpostenboote) was an auxiliary warship used by Germany in both World Wars.

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List of World War II electronic warfare equipment

This is a List of World War II electronic warfare equipment and code words and tactics derived directly from the use of electronic equipment.

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Lloyd Trigg

Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg VC DFC (5 May 1914 – 11 August 1943), of Houhora, New Zealand, was a pilot in the RNZAF.

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Lockheed Hudson

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter.

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Lockheed P-2 Neptune

The Lockheed P-2 Neptune (designated P2V by the United States Navy prior to September 1962) was a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft.

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Lockheed Ventura

The Lockheed Ventura is a twin engine medium bomber of World War II, used by United States and British Commonwealth forces in several guises, including maritime patrol.

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LORAN

LORAN, short for long range navigation, was a hyperbolic radio navigation system developed in the United States during World War II.

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Lorenz beam

The Lorenz beam was blind-landing radio navigation system developed by C. Lorenz AG in Berlin.

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Low Level Bombsight, Mark III

The Low Level Bombsight, Mark III, sometimes known as the Angular Velocity Sight, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) bombsight designed for attacks by aircraft flying below altitude.

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MacDill Air Force Base

MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida.

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Mark XIV bomb sight

The Mark XIV Computing Bomb Sight was a bombsight developed by Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command during the Second World War.

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Marshal of the Royal Air Force

Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the British Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Mediterranean Allied Air Forces

The Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) was the major Allied air force command organization in the Mediterranean theater from mid-December 1943 until the end of the Second World War.

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Metox radar detector

Metox, named after its manufacturer, was a pioneering high-frequency radar warning receiver (RWR) manufactured by a small French company in occupied Paris.

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Mickey Dias

Reginald Walter Michael "Mickey" Dias Bandaranaike, QC (3 March 1921 – 17 November 2009) was a barrister, academic and author of leading works on jurisprudence and the law of tort.

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Mid-Atlantic gap

The Mid-Atlantic Gap is a geographical term attributed to an undefended area beyond the reach of land-based RAF Coastal Command antisubmarine (A/S) aircraft during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War.

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Military history of Australia during World War II

Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany.

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Military history of Gibraltar during World War II

The military history of Gibraltar during World War II exemplifies Gibraltar's position as a British fortress since the early 18th century and as a vital factor in British military strategy, both as a foothold on the continent of Europe, and as a bastion of British sea power.

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Minesweeping

Minesweeping is the practice of the removal of explosive naval mines, usually by a specially designed ship called a minesweeper using various measures to either capture or detonate the mines, but sometimes also with an aircraft made for that purpose.

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MS Palatia (1928)

MS Palatia was a German liner, built in 1928.

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Myeik, Myanmar

Myeik (or; ဗိက်,; มะริด), formerly Mergui, is a city in Tanintharyi Region in Myanmar (Burma), located in the extreme south of the country on the coast of an island on the Andaman Sea.

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Naval mine

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.

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Naxos radar detector

The Naxos radar warning receiver was a World War II German countermeasure to X band microwave radar produced by a cavity magnetron.

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Netherlands Naval Aviation Service

The Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Marineluchtvaartdienst, shortened to MLD) is the naval aviation branch of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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Neville Stack

Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Neville Stack, (19 October 1919 – 26 January 1994) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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Nigel Henderson (artist)

Nigel Henderson (1 April 1917 - 15 May 1985) was an English documentary artist, and photographer.

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No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF

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No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF

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No. 10 Squadron RAAF

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No. 102 Squadron RAF

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No. 107 Squadron RAF

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No. 11/18 Group RAF

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No. 114 Squadron RAF

No. 114 Squadron was a squadron of the British Royal Air Force. It was first formed in India during the First World War, serving as a light bomber squadron during the Second World War and as a transport squadron post-war. It was last disbanded in 1971.

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No. 115 Squadron RAF

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No. 119 Squadron RAF

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No. 120 Squadron RAF

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No. 13 Group RAF

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No. 143 Squadron RAF

No. 143 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed as a fighter unit in the First World War and reformed as an RAF Coastal Command fighter and anti-submarine unit in Second World War.

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No. 144 Squadron RAF

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No. 15 Group RAF

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No. 158 Squadron RAF

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No. 16 Group RAF

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No. 162 Squadron RCAF

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No. 17 Group RAF

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No. 172 Squadron RAF

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No. 18 Group RAF

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No. 19 Group RAF

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No. 19 Squadron RAF

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No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF

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No. 203 Squadron RAF

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No. 206 Squadron RAF

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No. 217 Squadron RAF

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No. 220 Squadron RAF

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No. 221 Squadron RAF

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No. 222 Group RAF

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No. 233 Squadron RAF

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No. 234 Squadron RAF

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No. 235 Squadron RAF

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No. 236 Squadron RAF

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No. 248 Squadron RAF

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No. 251 Squadron RAF

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No. 252 Squadron RAF

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No. 254 Squadron RAF

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No. 262 Squadron RAF

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No. 265 Squadron RAF

No. 265 Squadron RAF was an anti-submarine squadron of the Royal Air Force during two world wars. It was based at Gibraltar in World War One and Madagascar in World War Two.

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No. 269 Squadron RAF

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No. 280 Squadron RAF

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No. 282 Squadron RAF

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No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF

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No. 3 Group RAF

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No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron

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No. 311 Squadron RAF

No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War.

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No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF

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No. 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF

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No. 330 Squadron RNoAF

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No. 354 Squadron RAF

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No. 401 Squadron RCAF

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No. 42 Squadron RAF

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No. 455 Squadron RAAF

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No. 459 Squadron RAAF

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No. 46 Squadron RAF

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No. 461 Squadron RAAF

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No. 489 Squadron RNZAF

489 (NZ) Squadron was formed from pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force on 12 August 1941 under RAF Coastal Command as an anti-submarine and reconnaissance unit.

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No. 490 Squadron RNZAF

490 (NZ) Squadron was formed from pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force under RAF Coastal Command as an anti-submarine and reconnaissance unit.

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No. 500 Squadron RAF

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No. 502 Squadron RAF

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No. 51 Squadron RAF

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No. 517 Squadron RAF

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No. 518 Squadron RAF

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No. 519 Squadron RAF

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No. 520 Squadron RAF

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No. 521 Squadron RAF

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No. 524 Squadron RAF

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No. 53 Squadron RAF

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No. 540 Squadron RAF

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No. 543 Squadron RAF

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No. 547 Squadron RAF

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No. 58 Squadron RAF

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No. 59 Squadron RAF

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No. 608 Squadron RAF

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No. 61 Squadron RAF

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No. 612 Squadron RAF

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No. 618 Squadron RAF

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No. 77 Squadron RAF

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No. 86 Squadron RAF

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No. 95 Squadron RAF

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No. 98 Squadron RAF

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No. 99 Squadron RAF

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Non-British personnel in the RAF during the Battle of Britain

The Royal Air Force (RAF) and Fleet Air Arm (FAA) had included personnel from outside the United Kingdom from before the beginning of the Second World War and many served in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

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Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum

The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum is a museum collection of aircraft and aviation-related artefacts, located near the former RAF Bungay airfield on the outskirts of Flixton in the United Kingdom.

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Norman Coslett

Air Marshal Sir Thomas Norman Coslett, (8 November 1909 – 9 November 1987) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Maintenance Command from 1963 to 1966.

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Northwood Headquarters

Northwood Headquarters is a military headquarters facility of the British Armed Forces in Eastbury, Hertfordshire, England, adjacent to the London suburb of Northwood.

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Northwood, London

Northwood is an elevated residential settlement in the London Borough of Hillingdon adjoining Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve (which contains the Ruislip Lido) and which shares a northern border with Hertfordshire.

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Norwegian Campaign

The Norwegian Campaign (9 April to 10 June 1940) was fought in Norway between Norway, the Allies and Germany in World War II after the latter's invasion of the country.

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Oliver Philpot

Oliver Lawrence Spurling Philpot, MC, DFC (6 March 1913 – 29 April 1993) was a Canadian-born Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and subsequently a businessman, best known for being one of the three men to successfully escape from Stalag Luft III in the escape known as The Wooden Horse.

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Operation Aerial

Operation Aerial (also Operation Ariel) was the name given to the World War II evacuation of Allied forces and civilians from ports in western France from 1940, following the military collapse in the Battle of France against Nazi Germany.

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Operation Banquet

Operation Banquet was a British Second World War plan to use every available aircraft against a German invasion in 1940 or 1941.

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Operation Cartoon

Operation Cartoon was a British Commando raid on the island of Stord near Leirvik in Hordaland, Norway on the night of 1943.

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Operation Donnerkeil

Unternehmen Donnerkeil (Operation Thunderbolt)Hooton 1994, p. 114.

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Operation FB

Operation FB was part of the Arctic Convoys of World War II.

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Operation Fritham

Operation Fritham (30 April – 14 May 1942) was an Allied military operation during the Second World War to secure the coal mines on Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard Archipelago, from the North Pole and about the same distance from Norway.

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Operation Gearbox

Operation Gearbox (30 June – 17 September 1942) was a Norwegian and British operation on the Arctic island of Spitzbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, during the Second World War.

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Operation Gearbox II

Operation Gearbox II (17 September 1942 – 7 September 1943) was a Norwegian and British operation during the Second World War on the Arctic island of Spitzbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago.

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Operation Market Garden order of battle

This is the complete order of battle of Allied and German forces involved during Operation Market Garden.

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Operation Paravane

Operation Paravane was a British air raid of World War II that inflicted heavy damage on the German battleship ''Tirpitz''.

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Operation Stonewall

Operation Stonewall was a World War II operation to intercept blockade runners off the west coast of German-occupied France.

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Operational history of the Luftwaffe (1939–45)

During the Second World War the German Luftwaffe was the main support weapon of the German Army (Heer).

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Operations research

Operations research, or operational research in British usage, is a discipline that deals with the application of advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions.

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Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–45)

Between 1933 and 1945, the organization of the Luftwaffe underwent several changes.

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Patrick Gibbs

Wing Commander Reginald Patrick Mahoney Gibbs DSO DFC & Bar (2 April 1915 – 8 March 2008) was a British military pilot and journalist.

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Paul Holder

Air Marshal Sir Paul Davie Holder, (2 September 1911 – 22 April 2001) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command.

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Peter Cundy

Wing Commander Peter John Cundy DSO, DFC, AFC, TD (3 October 1916 – 4 August 2005) was a British pilot credited as one of the top U-boat killers of the Second World War.

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Philip Joubert de la Ferté

Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté, (21 May 1887 – 21 January 1965) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1930s and the Second World War.

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Pitreavie Castle

Pitreavie Castle is a country house, located between Rosyth and Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland.

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Polish Air Force

The Polish Air Force (Siły Powietrzne, literally "Air Forces") is the aerial warfare military branch of the Polish Armed Forces.

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Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain

The Polish Air Forces (Polskie Siły Powietrzne) was the name of the Polish Air Forces formed in France and the United Kingdom during World War II.

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Project E

Project E was a joint project between the United States and the United Kingdom during the Cold War to provide nuclear weapons to the Royal Air Force (RAF) prior to Britain's own nuclear weapons becoming available.

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Radio navigation

Radio navigation or radionavigation is the application of radio frequencies to determine a position of an object on the Earth.

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RAF Andover

RAF Andover is a former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station located west of Andover, Hampshire and north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

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RAF Andreas

Royal Air Force Station Andreas or more simply RAF Andreas is a former Royal Air Force station in the Isle of Man which was operational between 1941 and 1946.

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RAF Andrews Field

Royal Air Force Andrews Field or more simply RAF Andrews Field (also known as RAF Andrewsfield and RAF Great Saling) is a former Royal Air Force station located east-northeast of Great Dunmow Essex, England.

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RAF Ballykelly

RAF Ballykelly was a Royal Air Force station which opened in 1941 in Ballykelly, County Londonderry.

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RAF battle honours

Battle Honours are awarded by the Sovereign to Royal Air Force squadrons to commemorate the squadron's role in a particular operation.

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RAF Benson

Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force station near Benson in South Oxfordshire, England.

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RAF Bircham Newton

Royal Air Force Bircham Newton or more simply RAF Bircham Newton is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of Docking, Norfolk and north east of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Bomber Command

RAF Bomber Command controlled the RAF's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968.

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RAF Carew Cheriton

RAF Carew Cheriton is a former Royal Air Force airfield of Coastal and Training Command near Carew, Pembrokeshire.

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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 Catfoss

RAF Catfoss was a Royal Air Force station during the Second World War.

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RAF Coastal Area

RAF Coastal Area was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II

This article lists the order of battle of RAF Coastal Command throughout the Second World War in the European Theatre of World War II.

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RAF Crosby-on-Eden

RAF Crosby-on-Eden is a former Royal Air Force station located north east of Carlisle, Cumbria and west of Brampton, Cumbria.

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RAF Croughton

Royal Air Force Croughton or more simply RAF Croughton is a Royal Air Force station which is currently a United States Air Force communications station in Northamptonshire, England.

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RAF Dallachy

Royal Air Force station Dallachy or more simply RAF Dallachy, is a former Royal Air Force station situated east of Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

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RAF Davidstow Moor

Royal Air Force Davidstow or more commonly RAF Davidstow Moor is a former Royal Air Force station located north east of Camelford, Cornwall and west of Launceston, Cornwall, England.

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RAF Docking

RAF Docking was a RAF Station of the Second World War a few miles from Bircham Newton in Norfolk.

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RAF Dounreay

RAF Dounreay was built for RAF Coastal Command in 1944 but not used by them.

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RAF Eastchurch

RAF Eastchurch was a Royal Air Force station near Eastchurch village, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England.

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RAF Edzell

RAF Edzell is a former Royal Air Force station located in one mile east of Edzell, Angus, Scotland.

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RAF Fighter Command

RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force.

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RAF Gibraltar

RAF Gibraltar (also formerly known as North Front) is a Royal Air Force station on Gibraltar.

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RAF Hamworthy

Royal Air Force Hamworthy or more simply RAF Hamworthy is a former Royal Air Force Coastal Command seaplane base at Poole Harbour in Dorset, England which was operational between 1939 and 1948.

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RAF Haverfordwest

Royal Air Force Haverfordwest or more simply RAF Haverfordwest is a former Royal Air Force station located north of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and south of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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RAF Holmsley South

RAF Holmsley South is a former World War II airfield in Hampshire, England.

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RAF Hornchurch

Royal Air Force Station Hornchurch or RAF Hornchurch was an airfield in the parish of Hornchurch, Essex (now the London Borough of Havering in Greater London), located to the southeast of Romford.

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RAF Kinloss

RAF Kinloss is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland.

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RAF Langham

Royal Air Force Langham or more simply RAF Langham is a former Royal Air Force station, located North-West of Norwich, Norfolk, England, from 1940 to 1961.

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RAF Leuchars

Royal Air Force Leuchars or RAF Leuchars was a Royal Air Force station located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.

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RAF Lindholme

Royal Air Force Station Lindholme or more simply RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England.

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RAF Lossiemouth

Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or more commonly RAF Lossiemouth or Lossie is a military airfield located on the western edge of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, north-east Scotland.

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RAF Machrihanish

Royal Air Force Machrihanish or RAF Machrihanish is a former Royal Air Force station located west of Campbeltown, at the tip of the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute, in Scotland.

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RAF Medmenham

RAF Medmenham was a Royal Air Force station based at Danesfield House near Medmenham, in Buckinghamshire, England.

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RAF North Coates

RAF North Coates was a former Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, six miles south-east of Cleethorpes, and close to the mouth of the Humber estuary, which was an active air station during World War I, and then again from the mid-1920s.

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RAF Nutts Corner

RAF Nutts Corner is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and north west of Belfast.

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RAF Oban

RAF Oban is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) flying boat base located at the northern end of the island of Kerrera, in Ardantrive Bay west of Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland during the Second World War.

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RAF Pembroke Dock

Royal Air Force Pembroke Dock or more simply RAF Pembroke Dock was a Royal Air Force Seaplane and Flying Boat station located at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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RAF Ringway

RAF Ringway was a Royal Air Force station in Ringway, Cheshire, England, near Manchester.

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RAF Roborough

RAF Roborough is a former Royal Air Force station in Roborough located north of Plymouth, Devon which used Plymouth City Airport as their base.

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RAF Search and Rescue Force

The Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force (SARF or SAR Force) was the Royal Air Force organisation which provided around-the-clock aeronautical search and rescue cover in the United Kingdom, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.

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RAF Silloth

Royal Air Force Silloth or RAF Silloth is a former Royal Air Force station north-east of Silloth, Cumbria, England, and south-west of Kirkbride, Cumbria.

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RAF slang

The Royal Air Force developed a distinctive slang which has been documented in works such as Piece of Cake and the Dictionary of RAF slang.

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RAF St Angelo

RAF St Angelo is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War, located near the village of Trory on the southern tip of Lower Lough Erne, north of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland; also used by the Fleet Air Arm.

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RAF St Davids

Royal Air Force St Davids or more simply RAF St Davids is a former Royal Air Force station, near the city of St Davids, Wales.

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RAF St Eval

Royal Air Force St.

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RAF St Mawgan

Royal Air Force St Mawgan or more simply RAF St Mawgan is a Royal Air Force station near St Mawgan and Newquay in Cornwall.

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RAF Stornoway

Royal Air Force Station Stornoway or more simply RAF Stornoway is a former Royal Air Force station near the burgh of Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, in the Western Isles of Scotland.

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RAF Strike Command

The Royal Air Force's Strike Command was the military formation which controlled the majority of the United Kingdom's bomber and fighter aircraft from 1968 until 2007 when it merged with Personnel and Training Command to form the single Air Command.

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RAF Sullom Voe

Royal Air Force Station Sullom Voe or more simply RAF Sullom Voe is a former Royal Air Force station near the village of Brae, in the Shetland Isles of Scotland.

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RAF Templeton

RAF Templeton is a former Royal Air Force station located near Templeton, Pembrokeshire, Wales which was operational between December 1942 and July 1945.

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RAF Thornaby

Royal Air Force Thornaby or more simply RAF Thornaby was a former Royal Air Force Station located in the town and Borough of Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England.

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RAF Thorney Island

RAF Thorney Island is a former Royal Air Force station located west of Chichester, West Sussex, England and east of Portsmouth, Hampshire.

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RAF Turnberry

RAF Turnberry was an airfield in Scotland used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the First World War, and again by the RAF in the Second World War.

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Reginald Marix

Air Vice Marshal Reginald Leonard George Marix, (17 August 1889 – 7 January 1966) was a British aviator, originally with the Royal Naval Air Service, who later reached air officer rank in the Royal Air Force.

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Richard Collard

Group Captain Richard Charles Marler Collard (25 August 1911 – 9 August 1962) was a British Royal Air Force officer and politician.

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Richard Gordon Wakeford

Air Marshal Sir Richard Gordon Wakeford, (20 April 1922 – 13 February 2007) known as Dickie Wakeford was an officer in the Royal Air Force for 36 years, from 1941 to 1977.

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Richard Williams (RAAF officer)

Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams, (3 August 18907 February 1980) is widely regarded as the "father" of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

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RM Chivenor

Royal Marines Base Chivenor is a British military base used primarily by 3 Commando Brigade.

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RNAS Ballykelly (HMS Sealion)

RNAS Ballykelly is a former Royal Naval Air Station near Ballykelly, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)

Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) was one of the primary shore airfields of the Fleet Air Arm.

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Robert Cecil Dawkins

Group Captain Robert Cecil Dawkins CBE (1903-1985) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.

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Ross E. Rowell

Ross Erastus Rowell (22 September 1884 – 6 September 1947) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps aviator who achieved the rank of lieutenant general by the end of his 40 years of service.

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Rowland Musson

Wing Commander Rowland Gascoigne Musson (7 February 1912 – 24 August 1943) was an English cricketer and pilot.

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Roy Faville

Air Vice Marshal Roy Faville, (5 August 1908 – 18 June 1980) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who served as Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell from 1956 to 1957.

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Royal Air Force Marine Branch

The Marine Branch (1918-1986) was a branch of the Royal Air Force (RAF) which operated watercraft in support of RAF operations.

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Royal Air Force, Bermuda (1939–45)

The Royal Air Force (RAF) operated from two locations in Bermuda during the Second World War.

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Royal Naval Air Service

The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914Admiralty Circular CW.13963/14, 1 July 1914: "Royal Naval Air Service – Organisation" to 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service, the Royal Air Force, the first of its kind in the world.

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RP-3

The RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch) was a British rocket projectile used during and after the Second World War.

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RRH Benbecula

Remote Radar Head Benbecula or RRH Benbecula, is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force.

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RRH Portreath

Remote Radar Head Portreath or RRH Portreath is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force.

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Sandy Gunn

Alastair Donald Mackintosh "Sandy" Gunn (27 September 1919 – 6 April 1944), was a British Supermarine Spitfire photo reconnaissance pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War.

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Sandy Johnstone

Air Vice Marshal Alexander Vallance Riddell Johnstone (2 June 1916 – 13 December 2000), better known as Sandy Johnstone, was a Scottish airman.

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Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick

The Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick was a British flying boat built by Saunders-Roe Limited (Saro).

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Sørvágsvatn

Sørvágsvatn or Leitisvatn is the largest lake in the Faroe Islands.

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Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 933

Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 933 was a scheduled international flight from Denmark to the United States that on January 13, 1969, crashed into Santa Monica Bay at 19:21, approximately west of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in California, United States.

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Scatsta Airport

Scatsta Airport, is a commercial airport on Shetland in Scotland located north of Lerwick and southwest of Sullom Voe Terminal.

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Second Happy Time

The Second Happy Time, also known among German submarine commanders as the American shooting season, was the informal name for a phase in the Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping and Allied naval vessels along the east coast of North America.

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Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside

Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, (23 December 1893 – 29 October 1969) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.

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Short Brothers

Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Short Sandringham

The Short S.25 Sandringham was a British civilian flying boat produced during the Second World War by the demilitarized conversions of Short Sunderland military flying boats previously operated by the Royal Air Force.

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Short Seaford

The Short S.45 Seaford was a 1940s flying boat, designed as a long range maritime patrol bomber for RAF Coastal Command.

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Short Sunderland

The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Siegfried Freytag

Siegfried Freytag (10 November 1919 – 2 June 2003) was a fighter pilot who served and fought in the Luftwaffe of during World War II.

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Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet

Sir John William Maxwell Aitken, 2nd Baronet, (15 February 1910 – 30 April 1985), briefly 2nd Baron Beaverbrook in 1964, was a British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War, a Conservative politician, and press baron.

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SMS Möwe (1914)

SMS Möwe (German: Seagull) was a merchant raider of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I. Disguised as a neutral cargo ship to enable it to get close to targets, the Möwe was effective at commerce raiding, sinking 40 ships in the course of the war.

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Society of British Aerospace Companies

The Society of British Aerospace Companies, formerly Society of British Aircraft Constructors, known as SBAC, was the UK's national trade association representing companies supplying civil air transport, aerospace defence, homeland security and space.

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Sonne (navigation)

Sonne (German for "sun") was a radio navigation system developed in Germany during World War II.

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SS Arandora Star

SS Arandora Star was a British passenger ship of the Blue Star Line.

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SS Narva

Narva was a cargo ship that was built in 1943 as Aletta Noot by Gävle Varvs & Verkstads Nya AB, Gävle, Sweden for German owners.

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SS Nerissa

The SS Nerissa was a passenger and cargo steamer which was torpedoed and sunk on 30 April 1941 during World War II by the following 39 wartime voyages between Canada and Britain.

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St Eval

St Eval (S.) is a civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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St Nazaire Raid

The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a successful British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France during the Second World War.

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Stan Machent

Stanley Charles Machent (23 March 1921 – 17 December 2012) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Sheffield United and Chesterfield and in non-League football for Buxton and Hereford United.

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Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants)

The British Supermarine Spitfire was facing several challenges by mid-1942.

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Supermarine Spitfire operational history

The Supermarine Spitfire, the only British fighter to be manufactured before, during and after the Second World War, was designed as a short-range fighter capable of defending Britain from bomber attackPrice 2002, p. 35.

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Sydney Dowse

Flight Lieutenant Sydney Hastings Dowse MC (21 November 1918 – 10 April 2008) was a Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and survived The Great Escape during the Second World War.

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Sylvia Agnes Sophia Tait

Sylvia Agnes Sophia Tait (8 January 1917 – 28 February 2003) (née Wardropper, known as Sylvia Simpson from 1941 to 1956) was an English biochemist and endocrinologist.

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Telecommunications Research Establishment

The Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) was the main United Kingdom research and development organization for radio navigation, radar, infra-red detection for heat seeking missiles, and related work for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II and the years that followed.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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The Dam Busters (film)

The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic war film starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd.

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The Hardest Day

The Hardest DayBungay 2000, p. 231.

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The Lizard

The Lizard (An Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Thomas Langford-Sainsbury

Air Vice Marshal Thomas Audley Langford-Sainsbury, (23 November 1897 – 21 June 1972) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who commanded British Air Forces in Egypt during the Second World War.

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Thomas W. Horton (pilot)

Thomas Welch Horton DSO, DFC and bar (born 29 December 1919), is a retired Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) officer, pilot, and combat veteran who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in a number of significant engagements during the Second World War.

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Thomas Warne-Browne

Air Marshal Sir Thomas Arthur Warne-Browne, (21 July 1898 – 13 October 1962) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command from 1949 to 1952.

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Thornaby-on-Tees

Thornaby-on-Tees is a royal charter town, civil parish and former borough in North Yorkshire, England.

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Timeline of the Royal Air Force

No description.

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Tom Barling

Henry Thomas 'Tom' Barling (1 September 1906 at Kensington, London – 2 January 1993 at Hastings, Sussex) was an English cricketer.

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Tony Hayter

Anthony Ross Henzell Hayter (20 May 1920 – 6 April 1944), known as Tony, was a Royal Air Force Vickers Wellington bomber pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War.

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Torpedo bomber

A torpedo bomber is a military aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with aerial torpedoes.

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Type Two 63 ft HSL

The Type Two HSL was a high speed launch craft made by British Power Boat Company (BPBC).

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USS Thomas (DD-182)

The first USS Thomas (DD–182) was a in the United States Navy following World War I. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS St Albans (I15), as a, but spent most of the war in the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy, before transferred to the Soviet Navy as Dostoyny.

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Vashon James Wheeler

Wing Commander Vashon James 'Pop' Wheeler, MC & Bar, DFC & Bar (16 September 1898 – 23 March 1944), was a former British Army and Royal Air Force officer who served as an infantry officer in both the Great War and the North Russia Intervention, and then as a fighter and bomber pilot in the Second World War.

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Vickers Warwick

The Vickers Warwick was a multi-purpose twin-engined British aircraft developed and operated during the Second World War.

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Vickers Wellington

The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber.

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Vickers-Armstrongs

Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927.

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VP-1

Patrol Squadron One (VP-1), established 15 February 1943, is an active aviation squadron of the United States Navy operating the P-3C Orion aircraft from its home port at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, United States.

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VP-26

The VP-26 "Tridents" are a United States Navy aircraft squadron based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.

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VP-27

VP-27 was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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VPB-103

VPB-103 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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VPB-105

VPB-105 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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VPB-110

VPB-110 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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VPB-63

VPB-63 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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VPB-84

VPB-84 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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Warton Aerodrome

Warton Aerodrome is located in Warton village on the Fylde in Lancashire, England.

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Wick Airport

Wick John O' Groats Airport is located north of the town of Wick in Caithness at the north-eastern extremity of the mainland of Scotland.

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Wick, Caithness

Wick (Inbhir Ùige, Week) is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland.

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Wilfrid Oulton

Air Vice-Marshal Wilfrid Ewart Oulton, (27 July 1911 – 31 October 1997) was an officer in the Royal Air Force.

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William Hely

Air Vice Marshal William Lloyd (Bill) Hely, CB, CBE, AFC (24 August 1909 – 20 May 1970) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

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1936 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1936.

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1939 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1939.

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1940 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1940.

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1942 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942.

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1942 Ruislip Wellington accident

The 1942 Ruislip Wellington accident occurred on 18 October 1942 when a Vickers Wellington 1C medium bomber of No. 311 Squadron RAF crashed near South Ruislip station, Middlesex, on approach to RAF Northolt.

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1943 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1943.

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1951 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1951.

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1954 Bjørnøya Consolidated PBY Catalina crash

The 1954 Bjørnøya Consolidated PBY Catalina crash (Bjørnøya-ulykken) was a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) of a Consolidated PBY Catalina on the island of Bjørnøya in Svalbard, Norway, on 28 March 1954 at ca.

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1956 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1956 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1957 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1957 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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2006 Royal Air Force Nimrod crash

On 2 September 2006, a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod suffered an in-flight fire and subsequently crashed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing all fourteen crew members on board.

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27 Squadron SAAF

27 Squadron was established as a World War II maritime patrol squadron of the South African Air Force.

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2d Antisubmarine Squadron

The 2d Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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2nd Escort Group (Royal Navy)

The 2nd Escort Group (2 EG) was a British anti-submarine formation of the Royal Navy which saw action during the Second World War, principally in the Battle of the Atlantic.

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361st Tactical Missile Squadron

The 361st Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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405 Maritime Patrol Squadron

405 Long Range Patrol Squadron is a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) within the Canadian Forces, initially formed as No.

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407 Long Range Patrol Squadron

407 Long Range Patrol Squadron (abbreviated 407 LRP Sqn, formerly 407 Maritime Patrol Sqn) is a long range & maritime patrol squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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413 Transport and Rescue Squadron

413 Transport and Rescue Squadron is an air force squadron of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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479th Antisubmarine Group

The 479th Antisubmarine Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing

The 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (480th ISR Wing) is headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.

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750 Naval Air Squadron

The Royal Navy Observer School grew out of HM Naval Seaplane Training School at RNAS Lee-on-Solent as a result of a series of changes of identity and parent unit.

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771 Naval Air Squadron

771 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm was formed on 24 May 1939 at Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Requirements Unit with 14 Fairey Swordfish TSR biplanes.

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806 Naval Air Squadron

806 Naval Air Squadron (806 NAS) was a fighter squadron in the Fleet Air Arm that existed from February 1940 to December 1960 and saw active service in the Norwegian campaign, the Dunkirk evacuation and the Malta Convoys.

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810 Naval Air Squadron

810 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed on 3 April 1933 with the amalgamation of the 12 Blackburn Dart aircraft from 463 and 44 Flight (Fleet Torpedo) Flights Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm.

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811 Naval Air Squadron

811 Naval Air Squadron was a unit of the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

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812 Naval Air Squadron

812 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, which was active between 1933 and 1956, and saw service in World War II and the Korean War.

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818 Naval Air Squadron

818 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in August 1939.

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822 Naval Air Squadron

822 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadron before and during World War II.

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825 Naval Air Squadron

825 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Naval Air Squadron which was re-commissioned on 10 October 2014 and currently flies the AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA.2.

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826 Naval Air Squadron

826 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadron formed during World War II which has been reformed several times since then until last disbanded in 1993.

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828 Naval Air Squadron

828 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in September 1940 as a torpedo spotter reconnaissance squadron.

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836 Naval Air Squadron

836 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

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854 Naval Air Squadron

854 Naval Air Squadron was first formed on 1 January 1944, at Squantum Naval Air Station in the United States.

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8th Submarine Squadron (Imperial Japanese Navy)

The 8th Submarine Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Navy was based at Swettenham Pier, Penang, Malaya, until late 1944 during World War II.

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909th Air Refueling Squadron

The 909th Air Refueling Squadron is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command

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