RAF Winkleigh
Former Royal Air Force station in Devon, England
50°52′04″N 003°57′34″W / 50.86778°N 3.95944°W / 50.86778; -3.95944
United States Army Air Forces
1943-44
* No. 10 Group RAF
1943 & 1944
Ninth Air Force
RAF Flying Training Command
* No. 23 Group RAF
1944-
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Royal Air Force Winkleigh, or more simply RAF Winkleigh, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near to Winkleigh, Devon and south of Barnstaple, Devon, England.
The following units were here at some point:
- A detachment No. 161 Squadron RAF (1943-44)[2]
- A detachment of No. 286 Squadron RAF (1942-)[3]
- No. 406 Squadron RCAF (1944)[4]
- No. 415 Squadron RCAF (1943-44)[5]
- Norwegian Training Base between December 1944 and November 1945
References
Citations
- ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 215.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 64.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 83.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 89.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 90.
Bibliography
- Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
- Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
- Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.
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