RAF Leconfield

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About

RAF Leconfield, near Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, opened in 1936 as a Bomber Command station and over its long life alternated between bomber and fighter roles. Its early Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys gave way in wartime to a Canadian-manned No. 6 Group bomber role and, in other periods, to fighter squadrons flying Supermarine Spitfires; after the war it became a fighter and weapons-training base flying Hawker Hunters and English Electric Lightnings. The RAF gave it up in 1977, since when it has served the Army as Normandy Barracks, home to the Defence School of Transport.

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Photographs

466 Squadron RAAF Halifax aircrew at Leconfield AWM UK0961A — AWM caption : YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1944-01-17. RAAF AND RAF MEMBERS OF HALIFAX NO. 466 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION LECONFIELD, PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.

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466 Squadron RAAF aircrew at Leconfied 20 Jan 1944 AWM UK0952 — ⓘ licence & credit
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466 Squadron Halifax aircrew at RAF Leconfield Jan 1944 AWM UK0959 — AWM caption : Yorkshire, England. 1944-01-17. The crew of a Halifax aircraft of No. 466 Squadron RAAF, at RAF Station Leconfield. They were formerly a Wellington aircraft crew. Left to right: * 420171 Flight Sergeant (F Sgt) W. D. Flett, of Homebush, NSW * 413427 Flying Officer (FO) C. W. Reynolds, of Chatswood, NSW * 420590 Sgt N. M. Page, Dulwich Hill, NSW * 423116 FO H. R. Hoare, of Strathfield, NSW * Sgt E. G. Beldin, RAF, of Carshalton, England

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466 Sqn Halifax crew — AWM caption : YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1944-01-20. CREW OF A HALIFAX AIRCRAFT OF NO. 466 SQUADRON RAAF AT RAF STATION LECONFIELD, BESIDE THEIR AIRCRAFT ON RETURN FROM A RAID ON GERMANY. LEFT TO RIGHT, STANDING: * SERGEANT (SGT) ERIC FERRIS, RAF, ENGINEER * FLIGHT SERGEANT (F SGT) DICK CROSSMAN, RAAF, WIRELESS OPERATOR * F SGT ALAN BODY, RAAF, NAVIGATOR * SGT ROY BARLI, RAF, MID UPPER GUNNER * FLYING OFFICER FRANK DOAK, RAAF, PILOT FRONT: * SGT TONY BATTANTA, RAAF, BOMB AIMER * SGT PETER DARAGAN, RAF, REAR GUNNER

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462 Squadron RAAF Halifax Mk II engine maintenance AWM SUK12129 — AWM caption : RAF Station Leconfield, Yorkshire, England. C. 1943-11. Australian members of the ground crew of No. 466 Squadron RAAF work on an engine of a newly-arrived Halifax bomber aircraft. Watching the Australian ground-crew is New Zealander Flight Lieutenant L. B. Renolds DFC and the men on the engine are, left to right: * 25078 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) W. Aikenhead of Brisbane, Qld * 21287 Corporal (Cpl) Cox of Newcastle, NSW * LAC W. Stephens of Perth, WA * 10125 Flight Sergeant S. E. Rowe of Melbourne, Vic

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