RAF Winfield
{{Short description|Former Royal Air Force station in Scottish Borders, Scotland}}
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| name = RAF Winfield
| ensign = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
| ensign_size = 90px
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| location = Paxton, Scottish Borders
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| country = Scotland
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| type = Satellite Station
| coordinates = {{Coord|55|44|56|N|002|09|52|W|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Scotland Scottish Borders#UK
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within the Scottish Borders
| pushpin_label = RAF Winfield
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| ownership = Air Ministry
| operator = Royal Air Force
| controlledby = RAF Fighter Command
* No. 9 Group RAF
* No. 13 Group RAF
* No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF
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| code = IW{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=214}}
| built = {{Start date|1941}}/42
| used = May 1942 - May {{End date|1945}}
| builder = James Miller & Partners Ltd
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| battles = European theatre of World War II
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| elevation = {{Convert|52|m|0}}{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=214}}
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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{{cite web|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/winfield-horndean/ |title=Winfield (Horndean) |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|access-date=30 April 2022}} (May 1942 - May 1945){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=241}}
- A detachment from No. 88 Squadron RAF (1941-42){{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=51}}
- No. 222 Squadron RAF during August 1942 with the Supermarine Spitfire Vb{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=72}}
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |last1=Falconer|first1=J|title=RAF Airfields of World War 2 |year=2012 |publisher= Ian Allan Publishing|location= UK|isbn=978-1-85780-349-5}}
- {{cite book |last1=Jefford |first1= C.G. |title= RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 |year=1988 |publisher= Airlife |location= Shrewsbury |isbn= 1-85310-053-6 }}
- {{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=R|last2=Hamlin|first2=J|last3=Halley|first3=J|title=Royal Air Force flying training and support units |year=1997 |publisher= Air-Britain (Historians)|location= UK|isbn=0-85130-252-1}}
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Category:Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom