Royal Air Force Desford or more simply RAF Desford is a former Royal Air Force station located one mile (1.6 km) south of Desford, Leicestershire, and 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.[3]
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Royal Air Force Desford or more simply RAFDesford is a former Royal Air Force station located one mile (1.6 km) south of Desford, Leicestershire, and...
Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of England, 7 miles (11 km) west of the centre of Leicester and around 7 miles...
RAF, Miles Master IIs were used for this purpose as part of the Target Towing Flight at the Central Gunnery School whilst the School was based at RAF...
1988, p. 103. Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since...
Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter" to meet the RAF requirement for...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
1999, p. 64. Lake 1999, p. 171. Lake 1999, p. 172. Lake 1999, p. 173. Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6....
engineering company based at New Malden in Surrey. It later acquired sites at Desford and Braunstone in Leicestershire. Initially it developed and manufactured...
Storage Units (ASU)s. List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons List of RAF Regiment units List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons List of Army Air...
contribution to the war effort was working as aeroplane mechanic at RAFDesford Aerodrome in Leicestershire. Noble was awarded a First Class Degree in...
Force in August 1939. The first aircraft he flew was the Tiger Moth at Desford airfield in Leicestershire. Wellum's first solo flight was on 1 September...
Training commenced at the Elementary Flying Training School at the RAF's station at Desford before going onto Uxbridge as an acting pilot officer. Further...
region was protected by a solitary RAF station, RAF Digby near Sleaford, part of No. 12 Group RAF and controlled from RAF Watnall. Within the East Midlands...
Sparrowhawk Miles Whitney Straight Percival Gull Major Reid and Sigrist Desford Rogožarski SIM-X RWD-5bis RWD-19 Saab 91 Safir SAI KZ IV Saunders-Roe Skeeter...
RAF York crashed on landing at RAF Abingdon. 11 August 1948: An RAF York crashed on landing at Desford in Leicestershire. 19 September 1948: An RAF York...
MPRD. Individual Maintenance Units came under the control of No.43 Group, RAF Maintenance Command. The civilian firms under individual contracts from the...
in the community in Desford, Leicestershire. Mrs Susan Houghton. For services to Sport and Wellbeing in the community in Desford, Leicestershire. Mrs...
Angela, Mrs. Thomas. For services to Elderly People with Disabilities in Desford, Leicestershire. Carmen Teresa, Mrs. Thomas, Youth Leader, Kingsteignton...
Vale Works, British Steel Corporation. Frank Johnson, Underground Worker, Desford Colliery, South Midlands Area, National Coal Board. Bessie Ann Jones, Honorary...
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