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    Royal Air Force Martlesham Heath or more simply RAF Martlesham Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Woodbridge...
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    Martlesham Heath is a village in Suffolk, England. It is 6 miles (10 km) east of Ipswich, This was an ancient area of heathland and latterly the site of...
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    prototype Gamecock performed its maiden flight. Evaluation flights at RAF Martlesham Heath resulted in considerable praise for the aircraft; few changes were...
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    ground above the Operations Room in 1957. No. 11 Group moved to RAF Martlesham Heath on 14 April 1958 and the room was soon sealed in its original condition...
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    March 1943 – RAF Heston 26 March 1943 – RAF Martlesham Heath 8 April 1943 – RAF Heston 1 June 1943 – RAF Northolt 12 November 1943 – RAF Ballyhalbert...
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    Green, Kent. In January 1918 the first prototype was dispatched to RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, for the official trials of the type. Reportedly, the F...
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    often referred to as "old Martlesham" by locals in order to distinguish this old village from the much more recent Martlesham Heath development (1 km) to...
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    Warwick Detachments at RAF Martlesham Heath, RAF Hawkinge, RAF Shoreham and RAF Tangmere. 16 November 1941 – October 1944 – HQ at RAF Bircham Newton Lockheed...
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    based at RAF Church Fenton in early 1941, before a move to RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey. In April, the squadron transferred to RAF Martlesham Heath in Suffolk...
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  • moved to RAF Martlesham Heath. The following units were also here at some point: No. 2 Gliding Centre RAF No. 2 Grading Unit (Airwork) RAF (1952-53)...
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