Know your RAF Stations

Gate Guardians

So you think you know your RAF Station. Identify them by their Gate Guardians.

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* 1. This station was originally know as Southdown and was open in 1938

RAF Digby

RAF Benson

RAF Henlow

RAF High Wycombe

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* 2. Opened in 1937 the first aircraft's to be based at this Station were Hawker Hart & Vickers Wellesleys

RAF Biggin Hill

RAF Honington

RAF Lossiemouth

RAF St Mawgan

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* 3. This guardian has been much travelled and had a new coat of paint to commemorate 45 years service

RAF Cottesmore

RAF Gutersloh

RAF Wittering

RAF Swanwick

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* 4. This Station opened as a military aircraft repair depot in 1917

RAF Henlow

RAF Bracknell Staff College

RAF Wyton

RAF Halton

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* 5. This Station was formally know as HMS Fulmar

RAF Honington

RAF Marham

RAF Lossiemouth

RAF Manston

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* 6. This Station used to have the widest military runway in the UK

RAF Ballykelly

RAF Kinloss

RAF St Mawgan

RAF Lossiemouth

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* 7. The estate was used by the British Army throughout the First World War, but transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916

RAF Henlow

RAF Bracknell Staff College

RAF Wyton

RAF Halton

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* 8. This Station was built in 1939 and closed 2012

RAF Lyneham

RAF Kinloss

RAF Manston

RAF Turnhouse

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* 9. This Station opened in 1939 as as a training station

RAF Odiham

RAF Leuchars

RAF Benson

RAF Wittering

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* 10. This Station was opened in 1916 originally as a military night landing ground

RAF Brize Norton

RAF Marham

RAF Waddington

RAF Lyneham