• Royal Air Force Clifton, or more simply RAF Clifton, is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north west of York city centre and...
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    transferred to RAF Tholthorpe and became part of No. 6 Group RCAF. On 1 January 1944 No. 658 Squadron RAF moved to the airfield from RAF Clifton flying the...
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    This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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  • Squadron RAF which had moved from RAF Netherthorpe on 7 September 1940. The unit had detachments at various other airfields such as RAF Clifton, RAF Netherthorpe...
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  • Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS) at RAF Lindholme. He has been based in South Yorkshire ever since. Clifton's first performing job was as a singer with...
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    The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset...
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  • collecting cigar wraps. In Passé Composé it was established that Clifton served in the RAF as a group captain during World War II before joining the Secret...
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    Denis Noel Peto-Shepherd, RAF. They have one son and one daughter. They divorced in 2004. He is now married to Kym Clifton-Brown. He is a Freeman of the...
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    Meyrick Edward Clifton James (April 1898 – 5 May 1963) was an actor and soldier, with a resemblance to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery which was used...
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    Wing based at RAF Odiham. The squadron disbanded in May 2018 after the retirement of the Westland Lynx. It was formerly No. 657 Squadron RAF, a unit of the...
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