Royal Air Force Leconfield or more simply RAF Leconfield is a former Royal Air Force station located in Leconfield (near Beverley), East Riding of Yorkshire...
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promoted to wing commander. Hemingway later served as station commander of RAF Leconfield, was staff officer at NATO in France, and finally served in the Air...
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the landlady of The Bay Horse public house. Leconfield was home to RAF Leconfield until 1977, when the RAF withdrew and the Army School of Mechanical Transport...
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August 1964 - September 1976 - HQ at RAF Leconfield Whirlwind HAR.10 September 1976 – 1 December 1992 - HQ at RAF Finningley Whirlwind HAR.10 until November...
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Defence School of Transport (redirect from DST Leconfield)
British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Marines. The site was formerly RAF Leconfield which closed in 1977 when the Army School of Mechanical Transport moved...
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1939. A detachment of Supermarine Spitfires of No. 616 Squadron RAF from RAF Leconfield arrived for air defence in 1940. The airfield was expanded and...
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Spitfire Mk.Is in October 1939. During that month No. 616 moved to RAF Leconfield and by the end of November conversion to the modern fighter was complete...
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standardised to the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. RAF Finningley had gone over to No. 5 Group RAF and RAF Leconfield was "Under care and Maintenance" by No. 4...
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September 1976 with flights at RAF Boulmer in Northumberland, RAF Leconfield, RAF Coltishall, RAF Lossiemouth in Moray and RAF Brawdy in Pembrokeshire. The...
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Line, proximity to RAF Leconfield and a red phonebox. The village has a fishing venue on the tidal River Hull. The road from Leconfield is one continuous...
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