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RAF Oakley was the fictional Royal Air Force station in England in the film Pearl Harbor, which was actually filmed at Badminton House. A hangar at RAF Oakley was said locally to have been used as a film set in the James Bond film Octopussy in 1983; for the opening sequence (scripted as being in a Latin American country) in Roger Moore's ...
RAF Oakhanger was a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire split over three operational sites; with accommodation in nearby Bordon. [ 3] The main site and operations centre is located near the village of Oakhanger, the two other sites being nearby. The parent station for administrative purposes was RAF Odiham .
Type-C hangar. The Type-C hangar is a specific design of aircraft hangar built by the Royal Air Force during its expansion period of the 1930s. The hangar type generally measured 300 feet (91 m) in length, with a width of 152 feet 5 inches (46.46 m), and a clear height of 35 feet 4 inches (10.77 m). Whilst the type was designed, built and used ...
RAF use. The airfield was returned to the Royal Air Force, and a number of units were posted here: No. 94 Maintenance Unit RAF (27 January 1948 - 16 August 1954) No. 231 Maintenance Unit RAF; Current use Commercial use of former T2 hangar, 2007. The control tower renovated for use as offices, 2007.
RAF Stories, The First 100 years 1918–2018 of the RAF. This exhibition observes the RAF's first 100 years, from its creation in 1918 as the world's first independent air force. It explores the different roles of the people of the RAF, alongside the changes in technology. [6] [10] Hangar 1 forms the main point of entry to the museum.
Tableau of crashed Bf 109E in Hangar 4. Hangar 4 is one of Duxford's historic hangars, and now houses an exhibition exploring Duxford's history as an operational RAF airfield from the First World War to the Cold War. The early period is represented by a Bristol Fighter, a type operated by Duxford's No.2 Flying Training School from 1920.
Moved to RAF Museum Cosford in 2020 [7] Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars) Slingsby Grasshopper: Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars) North American TB-25J Mitchell: 34037 Moved to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in 2022 Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall) Bristol Blenheim IV: L8756 Code: XD:E Moved to RAF Museum Cosford Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall)
Operation Exodus (WWII operation) British former PoWs preparing to board an Avro Lancaster heavy bomber of No. 582 Squadron RAF at Lübeck, Germany. Operation Exodus was the code name for the airborne repatriation of British ex- prisoners of war from Europe, that took place from April to May 1945, in the closing stages of the Second World War. [ 1]