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RAF Manby
Manby, Lincolnshire in England
RAF ManbyShown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53°21′29″N 0°04′54″E / 53.35806°N 0.08167°E / 53.35806; 0.08167
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1937 (1937)
In use	1937–1974 (1974)
Battles/wars	Second 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:

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

References

Citations

1. "Manby". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
2. Lake 1999, p. 13.
3. Lake 1999, p. 64.
4. Lake 1999, p. 176.
5. Lake 1999, p. 175.
6. Lake 1999, p. 122.
7. Lake 1999, p. 182.

Bibliography

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

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