RAF Waterbeach
England — County: Cambridgeshire
About
RAF Waterbeach opened in Cambridgeshire in 1941 as a Bomber Command station in No. 3 Group. Vickers Wellingtons of No. 99 Squadron flew from it early on, and later No. 514 Squadron flew Avro Lancasters on the offensive against Germany. After the war it served as a transport and then a fighter station before passing to the Royal Engineers in 1966 as Waterbeach Barracks.
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- No. 514 Squadron — 3 Group
People connected to this base
36 persons cross-referenced to this airfield — through a posting here, a squadron based here, or aircrew who flew from it.
| Name | Rank | Connection | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blyth, R | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Chitty, Walter Evan | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Cook, Alastair John | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Cosgrove, H J | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Crombie, Donald Charles Cameron | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Darby, H G | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Fox, R | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Frith, Sanford Peter | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Goddard, C J | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Gregory, Frederick | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Guy, Robert Calder | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hall, A D | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hill, Roy | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hood, P J K | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hughes, Garth Stewart | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Ive, L A | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Lanthier, M | Technical Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Macdonald, C G | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Mackenzie, Clarence Dunkin Fraser | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| McCreary, James Duncan | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| McGahey, James | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| McGown, Bill | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| McPhee, A | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Pattison, Allen Bruce | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Payne, Claude Charles | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Pond, Eric Raymond William | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Pratt, C | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Rollings, V J | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Shepherd, Joseph | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Smith, Llewellyn Selwyn | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Thornton, George Henry | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Tyler, Morris Joseph | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| West, Harry | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Whitbread, Leslie James Henry | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Wickson, H H | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Wilton, R J | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |