RAF Swanton Morley

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RAF Swanton Morley was a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, England, that served as an important operational and training base, particularly during the Second World War.

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RAF Swanton Morley canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
aircraftOperated Airspeed Oxford ⓘ
Avro Anson ⓘ
Boulton Paul Defiant ⓘ
Bristol Blenheim ⓘ
Douglas Boston ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Miles Martinet ⓘ
Vickers Wellington ⓘ
de Havilland Mosquito ⓘ
de Havilland Tiger Moth ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse British Army base ⓘ
garrison Royal Air Force ⓘ
hasRunwayType hard-surface runway ⓘ
laterName Robertson Barracks ⓘ
laterUse British Army barracks ⓘ
locatedIn Breckland District ⓘ
linked to: Breckland district
locatedNear Dereham ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
namedAfter General Sir William Robertson ⓘ
nearbySettlement Swanton Morley ⓘ
notableEvent later became a major training and armament school station ⓘ
used as a base for bomber operations early in the Second World War ⓘ
visited by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War ⓘ
notableUnit Central Gunnery School RAF ⓘ
No. 1 Air Armament School RAF ⓘ
No. 100 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 105 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF ⓘ
No. 2 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 21 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 226 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 4 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron RAuxAF ⓘ
No. 608 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 88 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 90 Squadron RAF ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf RAF Bomber Command ⓘ
RAF Training Command ⓘ
postWarUse home to RAF training and support units ⓘ
training station ⓘ
region East of England ⓘ
runwaySurface concrete ⓘ
usedDuring Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
usedFor operational base ⓘ
training base ⓘ

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No. 226 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Swanton Morley ⓘ