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RAF Tingley
Lake Fetzara, El Bouni District in Algeria
RAF TingleyShown within Algeria
Coordinates	36°49′01″N 07°36′15″E / 36.81694°N 7.60417°E / 36.81694; 7.60417
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)s
In use	1940s
Battles/wars	Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

Royal Air Force Tingley or more simply RAF Tingley is a former Royal Air Force station located to the northeast of Lake Fetzara, El Bouni District, Algeria.

The following squadrons were here at some point:

• No. 32 Squadron RAF between 21 May and 19 August 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire VC & IX and the Hawker Hurricane IIC
• No. 43 (China-British) Squadron RAF between 19 April and 2 May 1943 with the Spitfire VC
• No. 81 Squadron RAF between 26 January and 17 March 1943 with the VC & IX
• No. 87 (United Provinces) Squadron RAF between 22 May and 13 August 1943 with the Spitfire VB, VC & IX
• No. 154 (Motor Industries) Squadron RAF between 17 January and 16 March 1943 with the Spitfire VB & IX
• No. 232 Squadron RAF between 12 January and 16 March 1943 with the Spitfire VB
• No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAF between 13 March and 19 April 1943 with the Spitfire VB
• No. 243 Squadron RAF between 13 and 28 January 1943 with the Spitfire VB & VC
• Detachment from No. 255 Squadron RAF between December 1942 and May 1943 with the Bristol Beaufighter VIF
• No. 283 Squadron RAF between 13 and 30 May 1943 with the Supermarine Walrus
• Detachment from No. 600 (City of London) Squadron AAF between January and June 1943 with the Beaufighter VIF

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

1. Jefford 1988, p. 35.
2. Jefford 1988, p. 39.
3. Jefford 1988, p. 49.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 51.
5. Jefford 1988, p. 63.
6. Jefford 1988, p. 75.
7. Jefford 1988, p. 76.
8. Jefford 1988, p. 77.
9. Jefford 1988, p. 79.
10. Jefford 1988, p. 83.
11. Jefford 1988, p. 98.

• Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

• Royal Air Force stations in the Middle East
• World War II airfields in the Middle East