RAF Wing
RAF Wing
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| Near Wing, Buckinghamshire in England | |||||||||||
 RAF Wing
Shown within Buckinghamshire
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| Coordinates | 51°54′11″N 000°44′54″W / 51.90306°N 0.74833°WCoordinates: 51°54′11″N 000°44′54″W / 51.90306°N 0.74833°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
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| Built | 1941/2 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1941-1956 | ||||||||||
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| Elevation | 143 metres (469 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Wing or more simply RAF Wing is a former Royal Air Force bomber training station, situated just west of the village of Wing, in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, established on the site of a small aerodrome.
The motto written on the Navigation Section at Wing was “MAN IS NOT LOST”. Someone had written graffiti underneath this: “But occasionally is completely unaware of his exact location".
Construction included five hangars for the aircraft, two runways, offices, a canteen, rest rooms, blast shelters, radio and telegraph rooms, training blocks, church, gym, squash court, rugby and football field, tailors, barbers, shoemakers, Post Office, a cinema, and stores.
Thirteen sites of living quarters were erected, each with up to 20 Nissen huts, some toilets, and one or two air-raid shelters. Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force had their own site closer to Wing village, much of which can still be seen today. There was also a hospital close to Cublington that is still standing.
RAF Wing airfield opened on 17 November 1941, although the upgraded runways were not finished and the first flight did not occur until March 1942. The station was used primarily as a training facility, but some operational missions were also flown from there. No. 26 Operational Training Unit RAF for Bomber Command was formed at Wing 15 January 1942 as a 2/3 status unit within No. 7 Group, equipped with Vickers Wellingtons to train night bomber crews.
The two operational squadrons were No. 268 Squadron RAF and No. 613 Squadron RAF. 613 squadron was the first to join on 1 March 1943 with North American Mustang's and 268 joined a day later with the same type of aircraft and left on 6 March 1943 with 613 Squadron leaving one day later going to RAF Bottisham.
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