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By the end of the Second World War Canada had the fourth largest Allied air force. Trainers, fighters, bombers, transports. They were in action in all theatres of the war. Canada, Burma, Malta,Europe, Africa, Asia. They used air stations throughout the world. Over 17,000 RCAF personel would not see Canada again. The following is a list of British air stations used by the RCAF during the Second World War.

British Airstations Used by the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW2.

Station	County	Units	*******	Station	County	Units	.
ACKLINGTON	Northumberland	406, 409, 410	.	LASHAM	Hampshire	412	.
ANDOVER	Hampshire	664, 665, 666	.	LASHENDEN	Kent	403, 421	.
ANGLE	Pembrokeshire	412, 421	.	LEEMING	North Riding, Yorkshire	405, 408, 419, 424, 427, 429, 1659 HCU	.
ASHFORD	Kent	414, 430	.	LEUCHARS	Fifeshire	415	.
AYR	Ayrshire	402, 406, 410, 438, 439, 440	.	LIMAVADY	Derry	407	.
BAGINGTON	Warwickshire	403	.	LINDHOLME	West Riding, Yorkshire	408	.
BALDERTON	Nottinghamshire	408	.	LINTON-ON-OUSE	North Riding, Yorkshire	405, 408, 426	.
BANFF	Banffshire	404	.	.	.	.	.
BASSINGBOURN	Cambridgeshire	422, 423	.	LONG KESH	Fermanagh	422	.
BEAULIEU	Hampshire	405	.	LOUGH ERNE	Fermanagh	422, 423	.
BIGGIN HILL	Kent	168, 401, 411, 412, 436	.	LYMPNE	Kent	401	.
BIRCHHAM NEWTON	Norfolk	407, 415	.	MANSTON	Kent	403, 406, 415, 421	.
BLACKBUSHE	Hampshire	418	.	MERSTON	West Sussex	402, 412, 416	.
BLAKEHILL FARM	Wiltshire	168, 437	.	MARTLESHAM HEATH	Suffolk	401, 402, 403, 412, 416, 421	.
BOLT HEAD	Devon	421	.	MIDDLETON St. GEORGE	Durham	419, 420, 428	.
BOTTISHAM	Cambridgeshire	400	.	MIDDLE WALLOP	Hampshire	1, 400, 406, 414, 418	.
BOWMORE	Argyllshire	422	.	MILDENHALL	Suffolk	419	.
BRADWELL BAY	Essex	418	.	MOLESWORTH	Huntingdonshire	441, 442	.
BURN	West Riding, Yorkshire	431	.	MONTROSE	Angus	416	.
CASTLE ARCHDALE	Fermanagh	422, 423	.	NORTH COATES	Lincolnshire, Lindsey	407, 415	.
CASTLE CAMPS	Cambridgeshire	410	.	NORTH LUFFENHAM	Rutland	408	.
CASTLETOWN	Caithness-shire	1, 404	.	NORTHOLT	Middlesex	1	.
CATTERICK	North Riding, Yorkshire	401, 403	.	NORTH WEALD	Essex	403, 412	.
CHARMY DOWN	Somerset	417, 421	.	OATLANDS HILL	Wiltshire	665	.
CHIVENOR	Devon	404, 407	.	OBAN	Argyllshire	422, 423	.
CHURCH FENTON	West Riding, Yorkshire	409	.	ODIHAM	Hampshire	110, 400, 412, 414, 430, 436, 437	.
CLIFTON	North Riding, Yorkshire	430	.	OLD SARUM	Wiltshire	110	.
COLEBY GRANGE	Lincolnshire, Kesteven	409, 410	.	OUSTON	Durham	410	.
COLERNE	Wiltshire	402, 406, 410, 417	.	PEMBROKE DOCK	Pembrokeshire	422	.
COLTISHALL	Norfolk	409	.	PENSHURST	Kent	664	.
CROFT	North Riding, Yorkshire	419, 427, 431, 434, 1664 HCU	.	PERRANPORTH	Cornwall	412	.
CROUGHTON	Northhamptonshire	421	.	PETERHEAD(APC)	Aberdeenshire	402, 409, 411, 414, 416, 430	.
CROYDON	Surrey	1, 414, 435, 437	.	POCKLINGTON	East Riding, Yorkshire	405	.
DALLACHY	Morayshire	404	.	PORTREATH	Cornwall	400, 414	.
DALTON	North Riding, Yorkshire	420, 424, 428, 1666 HCU	.	PREDANNACK	Cornwall	406, 410, 414	.
DAVIDSTOW MOOR	Cornwall	404	.	PRESTWICK	Ayershire	1, 168	.
DEBDEN	Essex	403, 418	.	REDHILL	Surrey	400, 401, 402, 411, 412, 414, 416, 421	.
DIGBY	Lincolnshire, Kesteven	2, 401, 402, 409, 411, 412, 416, 421, 438, 441, 442, 443	.	St. ANGELO	Fermanagh	422	.
DISHFORTH	North Riding, Yorkshire	425, 426, 1664 HCU	.	St. EVAL	Cornwall	407, 415	.
DOCKING	Norfolk	407, 415	.	SCORTON	North Riding, Yorkshire	406, 410	.
DOWN AMPNEY	Gloucestershire	435, 436	.	SHAWBURY	Shropshire	411	.
DREM	East Lothian	409, 410	.	SKEABRAE	Orkney Islands	441	.
DRIFFIELD	East Riding, Yorkshire	1, 405, 426	.	SKIPTON-ON-SWALE	North Riding, Yorkshire	420, 424, 432, 433	.
DUNDONALD	Ayrshire	414	.	SKITTEN	Caithness-shire	404, 407	.
DUNSFOLD	Surrey	400, 414, 430	.	SOUTHEND	Essex	402, 403, 411	.
DYCE	Aberdeenshire	404, 410, 416	.	STAPLEHURST	Kent	401, 411, 412	.
EASTCHURCH	Kent	401	.	STRANRAER	Wigtownshire	413	.
EAST MOOR	North Riding, Yorkshire	415, 429, 432, 1679 HCU	.	STRUBBY	Lincolnshire, Lindsey	404	.
EXETER	Devon	406, 421	.	SULLUM VOE	Shetland Islands	413	.
FAIRWOOD COMMON(APC)	Glamorganshire	401, 402, 403, 411, 412, 421	.	SUMBURGH	Shetland Islands	404	.
FORD	West Sussex	418, 441, 442, 443	.	SYERSTON	Nottinghamshire	408	.
FOWLMERE	Cambridgeshire	411, 421	.	TAIN	Ross and Cromarty	404, 415, 417	.
FRISTON	East Sussex	412, 666	.	TANGMERE	West Sussex	401, 403, 411, 412, 416, 421	.
FUNTINGTON	West Sussex	438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443	.	TEMPSFORD	Bedfordshire	426	.
GATWICK	Surrey	400, 414, 430	.	TERNHILL	Shropshire	403	.
GRANSDEN LODGE	Bedfordshire	405, 421	.	THOLTHORPE	North Riding, Yorkshire	420, 425, 431, 434	.
GRAVESEND	Kent	401	.	THORNABY	North Riding, Yorkshire	401	.
HALTON	Buckinghanshire	112	.	THORNEY ISLAND	Hampshire	404, 407, 415	.
HARROWBEER	Devon	414	.	TOPCLIFFE	North Riding, Yorkshire	405, 419, 424, 1659 HCU	.
HARTFORD BRIDGE	Hampshire	430	.	TREBELZUE	Cornwall	400	.
HAWKINGE	Kent	402, 416, 441	.	VALLEY	Anglesey	406	.
HEADCORN	Kent	403, 421	.	WADDINGTON	Lincolnshire, Kesteven	420	.
HIBALDSTOW	Lincolnshire, Linsey	409	.	WARMWELL(APC)	Dorset	401, 402, 403, 411, 412, 414, 421, 430, 438, 439, 440, 442, 443	.
HIGH POST	Wiltshire	112	.	WELLINGORE	Lincolnshire, Kesteven	402, 412, 416, 439	.
HOLMSLEY SOUTH	Hampshire	418, 441, 442, 443	.	WESTHAMPNETT	West Sussex	402, 416, 441, 442, 443	.
HORNCHURCH	Essex	403, 411	.	WEST HARTLEPOOL	Durham	403	.
HORNE	Surrey	402	.	WEST MAILING	Kent	409, 410	.
HUNSDON	Hertfordshire	409, 410, 418, 441, 442	.	WESTON ZOYLAND	Somerset	400, 414, 430	.
HURN	Hampshire	412, 418, 438, 439, 440	.	WICK	Caithness-shire	162, 404, 407, 415	.
HUTTON CRANSWICK(APC)	East Riding, Yorkshire	403, 412, 421, 439, 441, 442, 443	.	WINKLEIGH	Devon	406, 415	.
IBSLEY	Hampshire	421	.	WITTERING	Leicestershire	438	.
IPSWICH	Suffolk	402	.	WOMBLETON	North Riding, Yorkshire	1666 HCU, 1679 HCU	.
KENLEY	Surrey	400, 401, 402, 403, 411, 412, 416, 421	.	WOODCHURCH	Kent	400, 406, 414	.
KIDLINGTON	Oxfordshire	411	.	ZEALS	Wiltshire	410, 421	.
KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY	Lincolnshire, Lindsey	409	.	.	.	.	.

Further Reading
Among The Few by Canada.Air Force Headquarters(1948)
The Canadian Military Experience,1867-1995: A Bibliography by O.A. Cooke
High Blue Battle by D. McIntosh-editor-
The Royal Canadian Air Force At War: 1939-1945 by L. Milberry and H. Halliday
Spitfire; the Canadians by R. Bracken
The Splendid Hundred by W. Bishop

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