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RAF Uxbridge is a Royal Air Force station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ...
Uxbridge is a place in the London Borough of Hillingdon in west London. ...
The London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost London borough. ...
RAF Uxbridge is best known as the headquarters of No. 11 Group RAF during the Battle of Britain. 11 Group was responsible for the defence of London and the South-East of England, and therefore was the main area of combat. The group headquarters were specifically at Hillingdon House within the base grounds. An underground operations room was built nearby to handle the control of the fighter squadrons. No. ...
A major campaign of World War II, the Battle of Britain is the name for the attempt by Germanys Luftwaffe to gain air superiority of British airspace and destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF). ...
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Information about air threats would come to Fighter Command headquarters at RAF Bentley Priory, which would filter reports to remove duplication, doubt and confusion. The threats would then be allocated to the Group operations rooms for defensive operations to be taken. In the case of No 11 Group this was at RAF Uxbridge. Fighter Command was one of three functional commands that dominated the public perception of the RAF for much of the mid-20th century. ...
RAF Bentley Priory is a non-flying Royal Air Force station near Stanmore in Middlesex. ...
The WW2 operations room was closed up in 1958 in its original state, and restored in the 1970s. Very little restoration was required.
Today RAF Uxbridge is part of RAF Personnel and Training Command. Units stationed at Uxbridge include the headquarters of the Military Air Traffic Operations, Headquarters Music Services and also the Queen's Colour Squadron of the RAF Regiment Personnel and Training Command is one of two operational commands of the Royal Air Force along with Strike Command. ...
The RAF Regiment is a specialist corps within the Royal Air Force responsible for defending airfields and associated installations. ...
See also
This is a list of Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. ...
References and External links - Account of a visit to the restored ops room, with photographs
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