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Waycross AAF
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 Air Field
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
Other location
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Windsor Castle
Other location
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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,... -
Witney
Military site : non-airfield
One of 16 country houses or 'flak homes' which catered for approximately 25 airmen at a time to come for Rest and Recuperation away from the stress of flying missions. Run by the American Red Cross, each serviceman was entitled to at least one rest... -
Wittering
Military site : airfield
Wittering, now in Cambridgeshire, began as RFC Stamford in 1916. By the end of the First World War, it had been renamed RAF Wittering, and was used by both British and American aircraft. It had six hangars, fifteen aircraft sheds and many other... -
Wittmund Garrison Cemetery
Cemetery
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Woodbridge
Military site : airfield
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Woodchurch
Military site : airfield
An RAF Advanced Landing Ground used in 1943 with temporary runways and buildings, Woodchurch was handed to the Ninth Air Force in 1944, where it was the brief home of the 373rd Fighter Group. It was abandoned and dismantled in 1944-1945. . The present... -
Woodhall Farm, Sudbury.
Crash site
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Woolfox Lodge
Military site : airfield
This Second World War airfield was opened in 1940 and used by RAF Bomber Command; the USAAF used the airfield for a short period in 1944. Post-war it was a Bloodhound Missile site, closing in 1964 to be returned to agricultural use. -
Worcester
Military site : non-airfield
One of 16 country houses or 'flak homes' which catered for approximately 25 airmen at a time to come for Rest and Recuperation away from the stress of flying missions. Run by the American Red Cross, each serviceman was entitled to at least one rest... -
Wormingford
Military site : airfield
Wormingford was a Royal Flying Corps/RAF anti-Zeppelin aircraft Landing Ground First World War, rebuilt for the Eighth Air Force 1942-43. It was a Ninth Air Force base from 1943-44, and home to the 362nd Fighter Group. Switching back to the Eighth Air... -
Woroniec
Crash site
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Wortley
Military site : non-airfield
Wortley was a Reserve Ammunition Dump in South Yorkshire, to the west of Barnsley and north of Sheffield.... -
Wright Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
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Wymondham
Military site : non-airfield
The hospital was built on a site requisitioned by the Ministry of Works in 1943 and selected as a location to build a Military hospital to support the bases of the US 8th Air Force located nearby. The Medical facility was built under reverse Lend-Lease... -
Wymondham College
Military site : non-airfield
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Yate
Military site : non-airfield
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Youks-les-Bains
Military site : airfield
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Zachary Taylor National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Zeals
Military site : airfield
Zeals was set up as a grass Advanced Landing Ground for the RAF in 1941-42, and allocated to the Eighth Air Force in 1942 but not used. Handed to the Ninth Air Force, it was briefly a Tactical Air Depot before being handed back to the RAF then Royal... -
Zegelsem
Crash site
