RAF Wittering/collyweston
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RAF Wittering, on the border of Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, has been a flying station since 1916 and was a key fighter station in No. 12 Group during the Battle of Britain, defending the southern East Midlands. After the war it became a V-bomber base in the nuclear deterrent and then, from 1969, the home of the Harrier jump-jet for four decades. It remains an active RAF station today.
Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including RAF Wittering — Wikipedia and Wittering — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.
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