RAF Winfield - Izeria

Royal Air Force Winfield or more simply RAF Winfield is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Paxton, Scottish Borders, Scotland and west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. The following units were here at some point:

Satellite for No. 54 Operational Training Unit RAF (May 1942 - May 1945) A detachment from No. 88 Squadron RAF (1941-42) No. 222 Squadron RAF during August 1942 with the Supermarine Spitfire Vb

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Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5. Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.

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