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Venlo
Military site : airfield
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Venosa
Military site : airfield
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Verdun
Military site : airfield
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Vesuvius
Military site : airfield
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Vichères
Crash site
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Villacidro
Military site : airfield
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Villacoublay
Military site : airfield
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Villeneuve / Vertus
Military site : airfield
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Vincenzo
Military site : airfield
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Vitry-le-Francois
Military site : airfield
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Vledder
Crash site
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Vogelsang
Military site : airfield
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Voisins
Military site : airfield
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Vållö
Crash site
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Waddling Lane, Blundeston, Suffolk
Crash site
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Wakes Colne
Military site : non-airfield
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Walcot Hall
Military site : non-airfield
Bought by the Dearden family in 1891, during the Second World War the Hall was used as an RAF operations room remote from conjoined RAF Wittering and RAF Collyweston. From December 1943 the 67th Fighter Wing took over, using the Hall as a command and... -
Walhampton House
Military site : non-airfield
Run by the American Red Cross, Walhampton House was one of 16 country houses or 'flak homes' which housed airmen for Rest and Recuperation away from the stress of flying missions. Each serviceman was entitled to at least one rest period during their 25... -
Walla Walla Army Air Base
Military site : airfield
Walla Walla airfield opened in 1922 for municipal flying, and became an airport in 1930. ... -
Wallingford, Oxfordshire
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Wapley Common
Military site : non-airfield
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Warborough
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Warmwell
Military site : airfield
Originally named Woodsford, the station opened as a grass airfield Armament Practice Camp in 1937. Subject to a change of name in 1938, to avoid confusion with the Avro factory airfield of Woodford, RAF Warmwell was used as a training, fighter and ASR... -
Warton
Military site : airfield
Built as a satellite airfield for Squires Gate, it was earmarked for US use even before America entered the Second World War. Its location made it ideal for use as a depot station, where incoming US aircraft could be processed and moved on to active... -
Warton Marsh
Crash site
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Watford
Military site : non-airfield
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Wattisham
Military site : airfield
Built in 1938 as a medium bomber station with a grass airfield, Wattisham was occupied by the RAF until handed over to the Eighth Air Force in September 1942. The 68th Observation Group was the first American unit to occupy the station from October to... -
Wattisham Memorial
Other location
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Watton
Military site : airfield
Built in 1939 as a medium bomber station with a grass airfield, Watton was occupied by the RAF until handed over to the Eighth Air Force in mid-1943. Improved initially with a single steel mat runway in 1943, plus 41 loop and 12 pan hardstandings, a... -
Wauwilermoos
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Waycross Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
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Welford
Military site : airfield
Welford was planned as an RAF bomber Operational Training Unit, but was instead allocated to the USAAF for use as a transport airfield. It was built in 1943 to a standard design, with a 6,000 foot runway with two shorter runways, hardstandings and two... -
Wellingborough
Military site : non-airfield
Home to support units, including Quartermaster Truck Companies. Part of the depot at Wellingborough was based in a former shirt factory on a site off Brickhill Road. The building is now part of Weavers Academy. -
Wendling
Military site : airfield
RAF Wendling was home to the 392nd Bomb Group from 1943 to 1945. Built in 1942, it was originally planned to be an RAF Bomber Command airfield. Improvement and expansion works were carried out in 1942 and 1943 prior to the arrival of the 392nd and... -
West Monkton
Military site : non-airfield
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Westhampnett
Military site : airfield
Acquired in 1938 as an Emergency Landing Ground for RAF Tangmere, Westhampnett was upgraded to satellite status in 1940. It had eventually three grass runways, 19 pan hardstandings, 32 small pens, and one T1 plus eight over-blister hangars. Occupied by... -
Weston Super Mare
Military site : non-airfield
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Weston Zoyland
Military site : airfield
First used in 1926 as a grass airfield Landing Ground for Anti-Aircraft Co-operation summer camps, Weston Zoyland became an RAF station in 1940. It was used as a training base for Army Co-Operation squadrons from 1941, and as an Armament Practice Camp... -
Westover Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
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Wethersfield
Military site : airfield
Planned in 1942 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, Wethersfield was then supposed to be loaned to the RAF in 1943, but was re-allocated to the Ninth Air Force by the time it was complete. Built during 1943-44, it had three concrete runways, 49 loop... -
Wiesbaden
Military site : airfield
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Williamette National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Williamstrip Park
Military site : non-airfield
Sir John Soane was engaged by the Hicks Beaches in 1791 to make alterations to the house to the form in which we see it today. During the Second World War American officers were billeted there - accompanied by Lady Mary Watson the then occupier and her... -
Wilmont
Military site : non-airfield
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Wilogne, Belgium
Crash site
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Wincanton War Memorial
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Windsor Castle
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Winkleigh
Military site : airfield
RAF Winkleigh airfield was used by the Royal Norwegian Air Force from 1944. Exact location unknown. -
Winkton
Military site : airfield
Prepared as an RAF Advanced Landing Ground in 1943, the land was released for grazing before it was again selected for aircraft use, and improved for the Ninth Air Force in 1944. Used briefly by the 404th Fighter Group, it was then abandoned,...
