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

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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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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:

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

Category:Royal Air Force stations in Scotland

Category:Military airbases established in 1941