RAF Manby

53°21′29″N 0°04′54″E / 53.35806°N 0.08167°E / 53.35806; 0.08167Site informationOwnerMinistry of DefenceOperatorRoyal Air ForceSite historyBuilt1937 (1937)In use1937–1974 (1974)Battles/warsSecond World War
Cold War

Royal Air Force Manby or more simply RAF Manby is a former Royal Air Force station located in Lincolnshire, England

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• No. 1 Air Armament School (1937–1944)^[2] absorbed by the Empire Air Armament School (1944–1949)^[3] absorbed by the RAF Flying College (1949–1962)^[4] absorbed by the RAF College of Air Warfare (1962–1974)^[5]
• No. 25 (Flying Training) Group RAF
• No. 25 Group Communication Flight RAF (Reformed 1951–1961)^[6]
• No. 2782 Squadron RAF Regiment
• Armament Synthetic Development Unit
• School of Refresher Flying (1962–1973)^[7]

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Bibliography

• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.