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12 Group
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Church Fenton
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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87 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 26 May 1940 No 73 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 18 June 1940 No 249 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 8 July 1940 No 85 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 5 September 1940 |
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Digby
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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46 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 13 June 1940 No 29 Squadron (Blenheims) from 27 June 1940 No 46 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 19 August 1940 No 151 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 1 September 1940 No 611 Squadron (Spitfires) from 10 October 1939 |
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Duxford
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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264 Squadron (Defiants) from 10 May 1940 No 19 Squadron (Spitfires) from 3 July 1940 No 310 Squadron, Czech, (Hurricanes) from 10 July 1940 No 46 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 18 August 1940 No 312 Squadron, Czech, (Hurricanes) from 29 August 1940 No 242 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 26 October 1940 No 19 Squadron (Spitfires) from 30 October 1940 |
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Kirton-in-Lindsey
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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222 Squadron (Spitfires) from 4 June 1939 No 253 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 24 May 1940 No 264 Squadron (Defiants) from 23 July 1940 No 74 Squadron (Spitfires) from 21 August 1940 No 264 Squadron (Defiants) from 28 August 1940 No 616 Squadron (Spitfires) from 9 September 1940 No 85 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 23 October 1940 |
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Wittering
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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1940 No 74 Squadron (Spitfires) from 14 August 1940 No 266 Squadron (Spitfires) from 21 August 1940 |
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RAF
Coltishall
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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66 Squadron (Spitfires) from 29 May 1940 No 242 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 18 June 1940 No 616 Squadron (Spitfires) from 3 September 1940 No 74 Squadron (Spitfires) from 9 September 1940 No 72 Squadron (Spitfires) from 13 October 1940 |
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Fowlmere
Used by 12 Group as a satellite airfield for Duxford |
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Leconfield
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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249 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 18 May 1940 No 616 Squadron (Spitfires) from 6 June 1940 No 302 Squadron, Polish, (Hurricanes) from 13 July 1940 No 303 Squadron, Polish, (Hurricanes) from 11 October 1940 |
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Tern Hill
Used for resting units, a training airfield and maintenance depot. It was also used as a relief landing ground for night fighters operating against the heavy bombing raids on Liverpool and cities in the North Midlands |
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