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Royal Air Force Portland or more simply RAF Portland is a former Royal Air Force and ROTOR radar station on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. Located...

held the appointment of the honorary air commodore of No. 616 Squadron RAF. Portland married Ivy Gordon-Lennox, daughter of Colonel Lord Algernon Charles...

This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...

target area. The 23 Bf 110s continued to the target of Portland. They ran into No. 601 Squadron RAF Hurricanes and lost six Bf 110s destroyed and three damaged...

Portland stone is a limestone geological formation (formally named the Portland Stone Formation) dating to the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic that...

RNAS Portland (ICAO: EGDP) was an air station of the Royal Navy, situated at the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It was established in 1917 on the western...

Boulmer RAF Lossiemouth Leconfield Lee-on-Solent Portland Stornoway Airport Sumburgh Airport The SAR Force headquarters was situated at RAF Valley on...

appointment that rotates among all three services (Navy, British Army, and RAF). Argentina invaded and took control of the Falklands on 2 April 1982. After...

Royal Air Force Lyneham otherwise known as RAF Lyneham (IATA: LYE, ICAO: EGDL) was a Royal Air Force station located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) northeast of...

arrived from Portland Army Air Field, Oregon and they were informed they were to fly the North American P-51 Mustang. The unit transferred to RAF Lashenden...

small chain of bagel and coffee shops in Portland, Oregon. Established by the father and son duo of Rick and Raf Spielman in 2011, the business operates...

it returned briefly to Portland in October 1943 for re-equipping with new B-25s from North American before again deploying to RAF Alconbury, England. The...

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King's youngest brother) crashed while en route to a RAF Base in Iceland. The Duke and Duchess of Portland were custodians and collectors of fine art. They...

United Kingdom (and its Crown Dependencies) begin with the two letters "EG". RAF Mount Pleasant on the Falkland Islands also uses the "EG" code. Airport names...

Air Force Habbaniya, more commonly known as RAF Habbaniya (Arabic: قاعدة الحبانية الجوية), (originally RAF Dhibban), was a Royal Air Force station at Habbaniyah...

while based at RAF Warmwell in 1940 they participated in the Battle of Britain defending the southern England sector which included Portland Naval Base....

The Ministry of Defence Magnetic Range, (a.k.a. the Portland Bill Land Magnetic Facilities or the Defence Test and Evaluation Organisation Establishment)...

German term for air operations by the Luftwaffe against the Royal Air Force (RAF) over the English Channel in July 1940, beginning the Battle of Britain during...

the RAF before and during World War II because of the low population density of nearby areas, as well as their proximity to the naval base on Portland. The...