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	Helicopter Database
		The RAF was active in many types of flying but the first steps with rotary wing machines, in the form of a few Cierva autogyros began to be introduced late in the 1930s, largely as a means of calibrating the radar equipment used in the various Chain Home family of systems.
		Formed 15 Oct 1941 at RAF Valley as an Air-Sea Rescue unit with Walrus and Lysander fixed wing aircraft, it was disbanded at Harrowbeer, north of Plymouth on 15 Feb 1945.
		RAF Dragonflies were mainly used for SAR duties and served with the CFS Helicopter Flight, the first front line RAF helicopter squadron (and the Casevac Flight that preceded it) and the Queen's Flight.
	www.helis.com /database?menu=31&torg=30 (6962 words)

	No. 3 Group RAF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The group is based alongside Strike Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
		RAF Waddington 5, 8, 23 and 51 Squadrons
		RAF Boulmer A Flt 202 and HQ RAF Lossiemouth D Flt 202
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/No._3_Group_RAF (153 words)

	RAF Leconfield: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		RAF Leconfield was a Royal Air Force (Royal Air Force: The airforce of Great Britain) station near Beverley (Beverley: beverley is a market town in the east riding of yorkshire, north of kingston-upon-hull,...
		In the fifties Leconfield was a 'dispersal base' for the RAF V-bomber (V-bomber: the term v bomber was used for the royal air force aircraft during the 1950s and...
		Leconfield is now in the hands of the British Army (British Army: the british army is the land armed forces branch of the british military....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/raf_leconfield2 (381 words)

	UK Cold War:RAF Bases
		RAF Northolt was one of the key airfields in the Defence of London during the Battle of Britain.
		RAF Pembrey Sands is a bombing and firing range and is adjacent to the old Pembrey airfield on the south Wales Coast.
		RAF Saxa Vord in the Shetland Islands has had an association with the Royal Air force since 1957 when it became a Radar Station, today it is a Control and Reporting Post as part of the United kingdom Air surveillance and Control system giving warning of any aircraft approaching from the North.
	www.ukcoldwar.org.uk /rafbases.htm (3918 words)

	The Royal Air Force - Stations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Preparations for the arrival of the first RAF Typhoons in 2004 meant that No 56 (Reserve) Squadron, the Tornado F3 Operational Conversion Unit with its Tornado F3s moved north to Leuchars whilst the Tornado F3 Operational Evaluation Unit moved to nearby RAF Waddington.
		Also based on the main airfield is the RAF College Air Squadron with Tutor T1s, and on the Cranwell North grass airfield is the Cranwell Gliding Club, part of the RAF Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA).
		RAF Lossiemouth was built during 1938 and 1939 and opened on May 1, 1939 with No 15 Flying Training School as the major unit.
	www.raf.mod.uk /stations/f_stn.html (2942 words)

	RAF Leconfield - TheBestLinks.com - Royal Air Force, September 3, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1957, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		RAF Leconfield is a Royal Air Force airbase near Beverley, Yorkshire.
		Leconfield opened in December 1936 as part of RAF Bomber Command.
		In the fifties Leconfield was a 'dispersal base' for the RAF V-bomber force.
	www.thebestlinks.com /RAF_Leconfield.html (275 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| RAF bomber crashes into Humber
		Two RAF crewmen were rescued from the River Humber this afternoon after their fighter bomber plunged into the estuary.
		An RAF spokesman said that neither airman was in a critical condition after being forced to bail out into the water.
		Three helicopters, from RAF Leconfield, RAF Wattisham and the Humberside police, were dispatched to the scene of the crash, and the Humber lifeboat also joined in the rescue operation.
	www.guardian.co.uk /military/story/0,11816,717514,00.html (316 words)

	RAF - Non-Commissioned Aircrew - Stations/Airbases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		RAF Akrotiri is mainly used as a staging airfield for transport aircraft flying to the Middle or Far East.
		RAF Leconfield is home to 'E' flight of No 202 Sqn operating Sea King HAR Mk 3 helicopters in the Search and Rescue role.
		RAF Valley is the home of 'C' Flight No 22 Sqn equipped with 2 Sea King HAR Mk 3s for Search and Rescue duties, and the Search and Rescue Training Unit (a detachment of DHFS, RAF Shawbury), which operates 3 Griffin HT Mk 1.
	www.airmenaircrew.freeserve.co.uk /units/unit_details.htm (1070 words)

	Driffield Online Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I hear that space is tight currently at Leconfield and the RAF have alot of hanger space which other services need, hence a move to Driffield has possibly been mentioned.The pending move of the police helicopter to Humberside may be a clue, can we expect the rescue helicopters at Driffield?, I do hope so.
		Leconfield is too crowded and seeing renewed military use of RAF Driffield can only be a good thing, its just a shame they sold off all the married quarters, making it very difficult to move in a full sized unit again.
		I seriously doubt plans to move leconfield to driffield although the chances of the army turning the airfield into a training ex area are high and the camp becoming barracks also high.
	www.driffield.co.uk /forum/post.asp?method=TopicQuote&TOPIC_ID=1219&FORUM_ID=36 (727 words)

	Silent Sentinel
		On 29 December 1964 92 Squadron left Leconfield for RAF Geilenkirchen in Western Germany, but its stay was relatively brief as another move was made in early 1968 to join 19 Squadron at RAF Gutersloh - it was deemed more economical to operate all the Germany-based Lightnings from one base.
		RAF Geilenkirchen was finally closed on 28 January 1968 with flying operations ceasing that same day.
		She first flew on 26 October of that year, piloted by test pilot T. Ferguson, and was issued to 92 Squadron at RAF Leconfield on 1 April 1963 (it isn't clear what she did in the intervening eighteen months).
	homepages.force9.net /ffour/Oldstuff/2002/sentinel/sentinel.htm (782 words)

	Active airfields in Yorkshire
		RAF Church Fenton was built as part of the Pre-War Expansion Programme and was, from the outset, designed to be a fighter base.
		RAF Pocklington was retained after the war for use as an emergency landing ground but this was a brief role that ceased in September 1946.
		RAF Rufforth was officially opened in November 1942 although aircraft from a number of OCU's had used the airfield whilst it was still under construction.
	www.rotate.org.uk /map/fields.htm (3104 words)

	MILNET:
		RAF Barkston Heath - The primary function of RAF Barkston Heath is as a Relief Landing Ground for the flying training activities at RAF Cranwell.
		RAF Leconfield - Although the majority of the airfield at Leconfield is no longer operational, the base still fulfills an important role as part of the RAF's Search and Rescue commitments.
		RAF St Mawgan - Ferry Command was originally responsible for St Mawgan, and the base was initially used for ferry flights across the Atlantic.
	www.milnet.com /UK-mil.htm (3509 words)

	TCM Breaking News - 2002/05/17: Both crewmen rescued from jet crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		RAF spokesman Michael Mulford said: "Some time before 3pm there was a mayday.
		The RAF Rescue Centre at Kinloss said both airmen had been picked up and they were on their way to Lincoln Hospital.
		Three helicopters - from RAF Leconfield, RAF Wattisham and the Humberside Police helicopter - together with lifeboats assisted in the rescue.
	archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2002/05/17/story50537.asp (183 words)

	RAF LECONFIELD - Find Friends from RAF LECONFIELD at Forces Reunited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ada Brown was at RAF Leconfield between 1941 and 1946
		Ann Kirkbride was at RAF Leconfield between 1960 and 1962
		William Laidler was at RAF Leconfield between 1961 and 1972
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/RAFNames/RAF-Leconfield.html (1084 words)

	No. 22 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sqn HQ is as of 2005 located as RAF St. Mawgan in Cornwall.
		Detachments of two aircraft operate from three other stations to provide search and rescue cover in their respective parts of the country; these are:
		202 Squadron - RAF Boulmer, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Leconfield
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF (424 words)

	RZF Digital Imaging & Publishing
		Military Aviation photography became a life long passion for me when in 1959 at the age of 12, my father took me to RAF Leconfield for their Battle of Britain display.
		Joining the local branch of the ATC gave me access to the base and the aircraft from the inside, and the opportunity for many air experience flights, the first of which was in an Anson of the Northern Communications Squadron based at Leconfield.
		RAF Binbrook, the nearest Lightning base, was a mere 50 mile round trip and many happy days were spent traversing the Lincolnshire Wolds.
	www.rzf-digitalimaging.co.uk /behind-rzf.html (522 words)

	SAR
		RAF Finningley was closed in 1989 and the Helicopter Maintenance Squadron moved to RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall.
		The headquarters element of 202 Squadron de-camped to RAF Boulmer in Northumberland
		RAF Leconfield ('E' Flight - Lodger unit at Normandy Barracks).
	www.202-sqn-assoc.co.uk /Search_rescue.html (236 words)

	British Military Aviation in 1965
		On 4 April an RAF Germany fighter squadron deployed to the Luftwaffe station at Celle, previously occupied by the RAF between 1945 and 1957, to escort the flights into Berlin, should that prove necessary.
		No.19 Squadron (British Aircraft Corporation Lightning F2/F2A) transfers from RAF Leconfield in the United Kingdom to RAF Gutersloh in Germany, becoming the first Lightning squadron to be stationed overseas.
		Relocation of the RAF Technical College from RAF Henlow to the RAF College was completed on 3 January 1966.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/british_military/1965.html (517 words)

	The Royal Air Force Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A team of RAF personnel is stationed at Goose Bay, a large military airfield in Labrador, Canada, to support RAF fast jet aircraft carrying out low level flying training over Labrador's vast snowy wastes.
		Although the majority of the airfield at Leconfield is no longer operational, the base still fulfills an important role as part of the RAF's Search and Rescue commitments.
		RAF Leeming reopened in 1988 as a Tornado F3 Main Operating Base and today is part of No. 11/18 Group within Strike Command and home to two Tornado F3 Squadrons - No. XI(F) Squadron and No. 25(F) Squadron.
	www.aircadets.info /theraf7.html (1007 words)

	News :: Nine rescued after heavy storms
		Two RAF helicopters were scrambled to help rescue the missing in Helmsley.
		Crews from RAF Leconfield and RAF Kinloss scoured the area and rescued people from cars, trees and the roofs of isolated homes.
		One elderly woman who had suffered a heart attack was winched to safety by an air sea rescue helicopter from RAF Leconfield, in the village of Hawnby, which was reported to have been cut off.
	www.surfingsam.com /news/Nine-rescued-after-heavy-storms_735.html (402 words)

	RAF Leconfield: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the fifties Leconfield was a 'dispersal base' for the RAF V-bomber (The term v bomber was used for the royal air force aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s that comprised the...)
		RAF West Raynham (Raf west raynham was a royal air force station located to the west of the village of west raynham in norfolk,...)
		RAF Holbeach (Raf holbeach is a royal air force bombing range situated on the wash, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/raf_leconfield2 (1097 words)

	The Battle of Britain - Home Page
		RAF Church Fenton was home to the Church Fenton Sector Operations Room and Staff, and the following Squadrons during the Battle:
		RAF Digby was home to the Digby Sector Operations Room and Staff, and the following Squadrons during the Battle:
		RAF Duxford was home to the Duxford Sector Operations Room and Staff, and the following Squadrons during the Battle:
	www.raf.mod.uk /bob1940/12group.html (443 words)

	RAF Squadron Crests and Badges Gallery Index - Squadrons, Units and Stations - RAF Marham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is a gallery of Squadron, Station, Section and Unit crests and RAF badges available for personal use only, to anyone interested in crests and badges, they are not to be used for commercial gain, without permission.
		The RAF crests depicted were initally RAF Marham orientated, however due to popular request this section of the website has been drastically increased, howevever it is not a comprehensive RAF crest listing.
		If you have any crests that would enhance the current selection please forward them to the Graphics Office at RAF Marham, where they may be redrawn to the current standard, the larger the better, (jpeg files only please - no word documents) or via e-mail to : webmaster@rafmarham.co.uk.
	www.rafmarham.co.uk /gallery/crests-index.htm (585 words)

	Web Site of the 29th/30th Entries Boy Entrants - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I was posted to RAF Church Fenton and when 72 Sqdn moved to RAF Leconfield in 1959 I went with them, later moving to the Station Flight.
		Sqdn, whilst the runway was repaired we operated from RAF Bruggen, I also had a short detachment to RAF Gatow in West Berlin.
		In 1968 I was posted to 71 M.U. based at RAF Bicester but was permanently attached to RAF Abingdon working mostly at RAF Benson until the Unit - 71 M.U.(M.M.F.) was disbanded in 1970.
	www.freeweb.telco4u.net /mcc/raf/home.htm (525 words)

	Independent, The (London): RAF rescues German balloonists
		A search-and-rescue helicopter crew from RAF Leconfield, North Yorkshire, helped to guide the men to a landing point near Carnoustie, Fife, in a force five wind.
		An RAF spokesman said: "This was a very tricky rescue.The pilots had to talk these guys down in difficult and dangerous conditions using night sights to give them directions."
		An RAF rescue helicopter was then dispatched from RAF Leconfield to search for the balloon in patchy mist and strong winds.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000925/ai_n14324443 (409 words)

	London Wing - Press Office
		We had a guided tour of the aircraft and the cadets were allowed to sit in the cockpits and use the heat seeking equipment and internal displays.
		The next day we went to RAF Staxton Wold, the only one of the first 16 early warning stations built in 1939 still surviving.
		The highlight of the trip was going to the control room to see the staff practice their drills should a ballistic trajectory be spotted by the radar anywhere in the world.
	www.londonwing-atc.com /press_office/444_scarborough/shoreditchcamp.html (270 words)

	Aviation News Magazine - Remembering the Bomber War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Second World War began for RAF Bomber Command when ten Whitleys from No 51 and 58 Squadrons from RAF Leconfield dropped leaflets over Germany on the first night of the war, September 3/4, 1939.
		No 115 Sqn at RAF Marham had worked with the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) on developing Gee and two of their Wellingtons carried out the first trials over enemy territory in a raid on Münchengladbach on August 11/12, 1941.
		Although the system lost accuracy with range and could be jammed it was still of enormous value to the RAF and the USAAF throughout the war.
	www.airpictorial.com /pages/rememberingTheBomberWar.html (1218 words)

	202 Squadron RAF Search and Rescue Helicopters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Squadron operates the Sea King HAR Mk3 Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter from bases at RAF Boulmer (A Flight), RAF Lossiemouth (D Flight) and RAF (det) Leconfield (E Flight).
		The Squadron headquarters is also based at RAF Boulmer.
		The Sqn is also called upon to carry out hospital transfers when other, more traditional, means are not possible due to the remoteness of the casualty or size of incubator and medical equipment.
	www.202squadron.com (333 words)

	NORTHWOOD, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Here is our current member listing for RAF LECONFIELD This website is one of the largest resources for ex forces personnel, veterans, comrades and colleagues on the net and aims to help you find out about old friends or family who served in RAF LECONFIELD.
		Daniel Ward served in RAF LECONFIELD between 1953 and 1955
		Daniel Ward served in RAF LECONFIELD between 1961 and 1964
	www.comradesandcolleagues.com /ROYAL_AIR_FORCE/RAF_LECONFIELD.asp (346 words)

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