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& DTs
and the FAA Web Home pages |
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1939-1945 |
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& DT Today |
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| Aden |
Khormaksar RAF Station (under control of HMS Sheba naval
base. Map
location.
See RAF
and history in Aden. |
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| Admiralty Islands |
Ponam
(US navy coral airstrip, Pityilu, Manus island, in Admiralty islands, later
HMS Nabaron. Pityilu, satellite airfield to MONAB IV, 22 Miles East of
Ponam.. Map
location |
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| Antigua &
Barbuda |
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Antigua
& Barbuda |
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| Australia |
Archerfield
(HMS Nabsford)
RNAS
Bankstown, NSW (HMS Nabberley)(MONABII (now
Bankstown
airport)
Bankstown/Nabberley
- history info
Jervis bay, NSW RAAF airstrip, satellite to Nowra
(HMS Nabswick)
Maryborough RAAF station MONAB
V (HMS Nabstock)
MONAB
VI – HMS Nabstock, MARYBOROUGH, QLD
MONAB
VII – HMS Nabreekie, MEEANDAH, Brisbane
Nowra RAAF station near Sydney, NSW (HMS Nabbington) MONAB
I Mobile Naval Operating Air Bases [RAN primary aircraft shore base
postwar, HMAS Albatross]
Schofields, NSW (RAAF station, near Sydney, loaned
to FAA as HMS Nabthorpe, MONAB
III [HMS Nabstock postwar, then HMAS Nirimba]
See Mobile
Naval Operating Air Bases in Australia during WW2
See
Airfields and notable aviation related sites. Australia |
Australia
at war links |
Australia |
Royal
Australian Navy and FAA |
| Ascension Island & St Helena |
First aircraft to land on ascension was a Fairey Swordfish.
Subsequently became RAF and USAAF base. Ascension Island 6/4/1982 USAAF
airfield on British dependancy, RAF presence permenant from 1982 |
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Ascension
Island & St
Helena |
RAF
Ascension Island
Ascension
Auxiliary Airfield - The USAF American Airforce |
| The Bahamas |
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The
Bahamas |
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| Bangladesh |
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Bangladesh |
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| Barbados |
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Barbados |
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| Belize |
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Belize |
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| Bermuda |
Bermuda (HMS Malabar II & II) |
Bermuda
aviation history pioneers
British
Army in Bermuda from 1776 to 1953
Bermuda Royal
Navy base from 1795 to 1953 |
Bermuda |
Bermuda
Regiment, Bermuda's mostly conscripted military force. |
| Botswana |
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Botswana |
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| Brunei Darussalam |
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Brunei
Darussalam |
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| Burma |
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Burma |
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| Cameroon |
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Cameroon |
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| Canada |
Argenta (RCAF station)(Newfoundland)
Dartmouth (under HMS Sakar, HMS Canada, renamed
HMS Seaborn (Nova Scotia)[postwar to RCN as HMCS Shearwater, then 12
Wing Shearwater - alternate
website]
Halifax (RN Base, under control of HMS Saker, becoming
HMS Canada)
Yarmouth - RCAF station transferred to FAA (HMS Seaborn
(Novia Scotia)
See
Air Force map of Air Force Wings across Canada |
Canada
at war links |
Canada |
Web
Directory: Armed Forces: Canada
Navy |
| Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
China Bay (facilities on RAF Station, then RAF on books
of HMS Lanka naval base, later commmisioned with Clappenburg bay as HMS
Bambara, later renamed RNAS Trincomalee. Operational with RN detachments
throughout WW2.Transferred to Royal Navy 15-11-1944 (RNAS Trincomalee)/RAF
10-1950 on C & M 1/8/1939 30/11/1957; Transferred to Royal Ceylon Air
Force
Clappenburg bay (at trincomalrr, under control of hms
bambara
RNAS Colombo, Ceylon. Colombo racecourse (HMS Bherunda)
Gan (Addu atoll, Indian ocean, 2ndart base of Trincomalee,
on books HMS Haitan, renamed HMS Moraga
Kantalai (?airfield under construction 1945 - not completed
by VJ-day)
Katukurunda (HMS Ukussa). RNAS Katukurunda, Ceylon
Maharagama, RN aircraft training establishment (HMS Monara)(1944
- to train singalese recruits to the FAa)
Minneriya RAF station. RAF Minneriya, Ceylon (1942-1946).
Minneriya Operational/Joined by FAA 9-1942 7/1942 2/1946?
RNAS Puttalam, Ceylon. Puttalam (under control of HMS
Lanka, laterbecame a RNAS, HMS Rajaliya
Ratmalana RAF station (named HMS Seruwa postwar]. Ratmalana,
Ceylon (1941-1957?). Ratmalana Royal Navy/RAF 3-1942 6/1941 ?; Transferred
to Royal Ceylon Air Force?
Sigriya facilities on RAF Station in Ceylon
RNAS Trincomalee (China Bay), Ceylon (1939-1957)
Vavuniya - facilities on RAF station in Ceylon
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| Cyprus |
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Cyprus |
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| Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
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Sri
Lanka (Ceylon) |
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| Dominica |
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Dominica |
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| Egypt |
Aboukir
Abu Sueir (1917-1956). Abu Sueir was Operational 9/1917
4/1956
Alexandria, Egypt
Benghazi, Egypt
Dekheila, Egypt (loaned from the Royal Egyptian air force)(HMS
Nile II, then renamed RNAS Dekheila, HMS Grebe)
Derna, Egypt
El Alamein, Egypt?
Fayid (1941-1956). RAF/RNAS 5-1941 (HMS Phoenix)/RAF 6-6-1941
2/1937 1/1956
Tobruk, Egypt
See Egyptian
Air force Until the begining of the year 1940 |
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Egypt |
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| East Africa |
See Kenya |
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| Fiji Islands |
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| France |
Hyeres (French naval air base near Toulon, for HMS Argus)(pre-occupation
1940) |
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| The Gambia |
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The
Gambia |
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| Ghana |
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Ghana |
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| Gibraltar |
North Front, Gibraltar (1918-1978, current NATO and Gibraltar
International Airport)
RNAS/RAF 8-1918/Sparse RN activity 1919-1939/RAF 1935/NATO
airfield 8-1978 1915 8/1978; Now NATO and Civil Airfield. North Front HMS
Cormorant II, under control of HMS Cormorant naval base)(naval base named
HMS Rooke postwar |
Gibraltar
history
Gibraltar
Museum and Interactive map
Air Traffic
Control - Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
Gibraltar
Domain Names |
| Gold Coast |
Komenda RNAS at Takoradi, Gold Coast (HMS Wara) |
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| Grenada |
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Grenada |
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| Guyana |
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Guyana |
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| Hong Kong |
Kai Tak (1927-78, recent/current Hong Kong civil airport)
Kai Tak FAA/RAF 1-4-1935/Captured 25-12-1941/FAA 3-9-1945/RAF
4-9-1945 10/3/1927 30/6/1978; Redeveloped by Hong Kong Government
Kai Tak (areodrome at Hong Kong (MONAB
VIII – HMS Nabcatcher, KAI TAK, Hong Kong) HMS Nabscatcher postwar,
and under control of HMS Tamar
A HISTORY
OF THE MOBILE AIRFIELDS OF THE ROYAL NAVY (MONABS) |
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Hong Kong (China) |
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| India |
Bombay, India Calcutta, India Madras, India
Cholavarum (nr Madras)
RNAS Cochin, after 1947 to Indian Navy. Current Indian
Navy airfiled and civil Cochin
International Airport Kerala, India. Cochin (HMS Kalugu southern India,
RAF Station (see Cochin airport
today)
Coimbatore (HMS Garuda in southern India. RNAMY Coimbatore
St Thomas mount (facilities on RAF station near Madras,
southern india
Santa Cruz facilities on RAF station, near Bombay, India
Sulur - RAF station in southern India (HMS Vairi, under
control of HMS Garuda at Coimbatore). RNAY Sulur
Tambaram - RN air station in southern India (HMS Valluru).
RNAS/RNAMY Tambaram
RAF Ulunderpet
See
history of Indian Air Force |
India
at war links
Indian
Navy history |
India |
Indian
Armed Forces |
| Iraq |
Habbaniyah (1937-1955)
Habbaniyah RAF Operational 3/1937 2/5/1955; Transferred
to Royal Iraqi Air Force |
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| Ireland (Eire) |
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Ireland
military websites |
Ireland (Eire) |
Irish Defence Forces Website;
www.military.ie |
| Iceland |
Huitanes (responsible to HMS Baidur naval base
Kaldadarnes under control of HMS Baidur naval base |
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| Isle of Man |
Ronaldsway
FAA
History of Isle of Man Airport |
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Isle of Man |
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| Israel |
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Israel Defence forces |
| Jamaica |
Palisadoes (initially under HMS Malabar naval base, later
commissioned RNAS as HMS Buzzard |
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Jamaica |
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| Jersey (Channel Islands) |
Jersey airport |
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Jersey (Channel Islands) |
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| Kenya |
Eastleigh (Kenya) 1940-1967. RAF Operational 1/8/1940
7/1967
Killindini.FAA and RN base. HMS Kipanga, Kilindini
Mackinnon road RAF station (part of HMS Kipanga II, under
control of HMS Kipanga, Kilindini RN air base of Mombasa
Nairobi (also called Eastleigh)(HMS Korongo RN aircraft
repair yard
Port Reitz RN air section on SAAF/RAF station, near Mombasa.,
under HMS Kipanga II, under control of HMS Kipanga, Kilindini
Voi - RN air section in east Africa, part of HMS Kipanga
II under control of HMS Kipanga, Kilindini RN air base of Mombasa |
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Kenya |
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| Kiribati |
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Kiribati |
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| Lesotho |
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Lesotho |
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| Madagascar |
Andrakaka |
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| Malawi |
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Malawi |
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| Malaysia (Malaya) |
Singapore, Malaya (see Singapore) |
Malaysia
at war links
The
war in Singapore and Malaya |
Malaysia |
Royal
Malaysian Navy |
| Maldives |
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Maldives |
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| Malta |
Kalafrana (1918-1946). Calafrana/Kalafrana RNAS/RAF 1-4-1918
Operational 7/1916 seaplane base . Transferred to Royal Navy 30/6/1946.
Later redeveloped.
Hal Far (1923-1979). Operational/Royal Navy 14-4-1946
(HSM Falcon)/RAF 1-9-1965/C & M 15-9-1967 16/1/1923 1/1979; Hal Far
(RAF Station, HMS Falcon postwar) Transferred to Maltese Government and
redeveloped.
Ta Kali (HMS Goldfinch) (1940-1968). Current part re-developed,
part Air Museum.
FAA facilities under control HMS St Angelo naval base.
HQ RAF Mediterranean Command/Royal Navy 2-1944 (commissioned as HMS Goldfinch
in 1-4-1945)/RAF 6-1953/C & M 4-1963 1940 4/1968; Transferred to Maltese
Government |
Malta
in WW2 |
Malta |
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| Mauritius |
Plaisance (airfield in Mauritius, on books HMS Sambur
naval base |
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Mauritius |
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| Muscat and Oman |
Masirah(Muscat and Oman) (1942-1977). Masirah Civil Airport/Operational
10-1942 4/1930 3/1977 |
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| Mozambique |
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Mozambique |
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| Namibia |
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Namibia |
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| Nauru |
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Nauru |
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| Netherlands |
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Royal Netherlands Navy |
| New Zealand |
Auckland, New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Christchurch,
New Zealand |
New
Zealand at war links |
New
Zealand |
Royal
New Zealand Navy |
| Nigeria**** |
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Nigeria**** |
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| Oman |
Masirah Island RAF Station
See History
of RAF and Marsirah Island |
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Oman |
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| Pakistan |
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Pakistan
at war links |
Pakistan |
Pakistan
Defence Forces |
| Papua New Guinea |
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Papua
New Guinea |
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| St Kitts and
Nevis |
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St
Kitts and Nevis |
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| Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) |
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Zimbabwe
(Rhodesia) |
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| St Lucia |
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St
Lucia |
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| St Vincent
& the Grenadines |
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St
Vincent & the Grenadines |
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| Samoa |
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Samoa |
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| Seychelles |
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Seychelles |
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| Sierra Leone |
Hastings (RNAS, HMS Spurwing, aerodrome near Freetown |
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Sierra
Leone |
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| Singapore (Malaya) |
Changi (RAF Station 1946)
Seletar (1921-1971 transferred to Republic of Singapore
Air Force). Navy airfield/RAF flying boat base 1-1-1930/Captured by Japanese
14-2-1942 until VJ-Day. RAF 1945/Storage 1950s 1921 31/3/1971; Transferred
to Republic of Singapore Air Force
Sembawang (used by FAA from Oct 1945 MONAB
IX – HMS Nabrock, SEMBAWANG, Singapore (HMS Nabrock, then HMS Simbang
postwar).
Sembawang (1940-1971). Operational/Captured by Japanese
2-1942/FAA 1945 (HMS Simbang)/RAF 16-1-1948/FAA 16-1-1950/RAF ?/FAA 7-1953/C
& M 4-1957/Reconstruction/Royal Navy (HMS Simbang) 4-9-1962 4/7/1940
30/9/1971
Tengah RAF station - occupied by Japanese from Feb 1942
til VJ-Day
See web pages fall
of singapore November 1941 - February 1942http://www.iol.net.au/~conway/ww2/singapore.html
A HISTORY
OF THE MOBILE AIRFIELDS OF THE ROYAL NAVY (MONABS) |
Singapore
at war links
December 8,
1941 - The Fall of Singapore
The
War in Malaya and Singapore |
Singapore |
Republic
of Singapore Navy |
| Solomon Islands |
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Solomon
Islands |
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| South Africa |
Cape Town, South Africa
Durban, South Africa. Durban SAAF station (HMS Kongoni)
Wingfield - SAAF Station - facilities for FAA under control
of HMS Afrikander I RN base at Simonstown (later commissioned as RNAS,
HMS Malagas)
Wynberg - facilities on SAAF station , under control of
HMS Afrikander III, then under Afrikander I, the RN base at Simonstown |
South
Africa at war links |
South
Africa |
Department
of Defence South Africa ie/www/index.html |
| Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |
see Ceylon |
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Sri
Lanka (Ceylon) |
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| Sudan |
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Sudan |
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| Swaziland |
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Swaziland |
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| Tanzania (Tanganyika) |
Tanga - RN air station (HMS Kilele) |
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Tanzania |
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| Tonga |
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Tonga |
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| Trinidad &
Tobago |
Piarco (RNAS in Trinidad (HMS Goshawk) |
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Trinidad
& Tobago |
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| Tuvalu |
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Tuvalu |
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| Uganda |
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Uganda |
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| United Kingdom
(UK) |
See
FAA Archive Air Stations page |
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United
Kingdom |
Royal
Navy
Fleet
Air Arm
Royal
Marines
RAF
overseas stations today |
| United States of America
(USA) |
Brunswick (Maine) US Naval base (under HMS Saker)
Lewiston (Maine)(US naval base, commisioned as part of
HMS Saker, accounting base at Washington, then as HMS Saker II (acted as
parent ship for all faa facilities in the USA and also responsibilities
for those in Canada)
Norfolk (on US navy base (Virginia)
Quonset point (US navy station, Rhode island, New York,
commissioned HMS Asbury, became HMS Saker II
Squantum - US Navy base used by FAA torpedo sqdns
 See
FAA Archive list of USA bases used by the FAA
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United States of America
(USA) |
United States Navy
United States Marine Corps |
| Vanuatu |
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Vanuatu |
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| Zambia |
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Zambia |
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| Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) |
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Zimbabwe
(Rhodesia) |
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| OTHER AIR STATIONS AND AIRFIELDS |
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| NORTHERN EUROPE |
Scandinavia and Iceland Reykjavik, Iceland Seydhisfiord,
Iceland Vaenga, Russia Murmansk, Russia Archangel, Russia Kirkenes, Finland
Petsamo, Norway Kaa Fiord, Norway Tromso, Norway Bardufoo, Norway Narvik,
Norway Bodo, Norway Mosjoen, Norway Ramsoy, Norway Namsos, Norway Trondheim,
Norway Lepso Rev, Norway Andalsnes, Norway Alesund, Norway Stdalendet,
Norway Bergen, Norway Haugesund, Norway Brevik, Norway Egersund, Norway
Kister, Norway
Mediterranean and Middle EastMarseilles, France Nice,
France Athens, Greece Palermo, Sicily Taranto, Italy Salerno, Italy Naples,
Italy Rome, Italy |
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| AFRICA |
Oran, Algiers Algiers, Algeria
Bone, Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia
Tripoli, Libya
Benina Italian airfield. RAF 2-1941/German 3-1941/RAF
1-1942 12/1940 9/1951
Castel Benito/Idris Captured from Axis forces/Trials airfield
1955? 1/1943 Late 1966
El Adem. Captured from Italy early 1941/Axis forces 1942/RAF
12-1942/Foreign Allied units 1943/RAF 1-8-1945 ? 28/3/1970
Diego Suarez, Madagascar
Mozambique, E Africa |
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| Asia |
Tokyo, Japan (After VJ day) |
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