RAF Wittering/collyweston
England
About
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.
Home to
- No. 25 Squadron — 11 Group
- No. 151 Squadron — 12 Group
- No. 213 Squadron (Ceylon) — 10 Group
People connected to this base
52 persons cross-referenced to this airfield — through a posting here, a squadron based here, or aircrew who flew from it.
| Name | Rank | Connection | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews, Ralph Ernest | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Arnsby, John | — | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Bartholomew, Ernest | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Battle, James Joseph | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Blair, Kenneth Harvey | Wing Commander | Squadron served here | — |
| Briant, Alfred Campbell | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Brown, Victor Gordon | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Carter, Stanley Albert | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Cheney, Jack | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Cooke, Edred Rodney Fitzpatrick | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Daly, William Patrick | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Dymock, John Meikle | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Ellacott, Frederick Herbert | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Evans, David | Squadron Leader | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Eyles, Ernest Derek | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Ferguson, Charles James Allwood | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Fisher, George | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Friend, William Charles Henry | Corporal | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Godfrey, Edward George | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Grieve, Thomas Steel Greenshields | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Grundy, Jack | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hanson, Thomas Edward George | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hay, Herbert Anthony | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Humphreys, James Donald | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Ivins, Donald Vernon | Wing Commander | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Jacques, Derek Edward | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Kemp, Howard Keith | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Kemp, James Hector Lennox | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Kendall, Charles Godfrey | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Lumb, Harold James | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Maidment, James Reveley | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Marshall, Alfred Ernest | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Mathews, Kenneth | Squadron Leader | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Mycock, James Kenneth | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Parry, Thomas Richardson | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Partridge, Mervin Charles | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Paton, Archibald McMeekin | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Peake, Raymond | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Penman, William George | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Procureur, Terence Emile | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Quinn, Thomas Patrick | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Robertson, Colin | Squadron Leader | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Scammell, John Cosson | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Sparrow, David Alastair | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Staples, John Hudson | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Steed, Roy Thomas | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Stevenson, Eric Clifford Charlesworth | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Strauss, Jacobus Gustaaf | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Turner, Harry | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Wain, John Alwyne | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Wheatland, Gerald Henry | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Wootton, James Edward | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |