RAF Harrogate, the Glossary
Royal Air Force Harrogate or RAF Harrogate, sometimes known as Ministry of Defence (MoD) Harrogate, was the name for two distinct Royal Air Force establishments within the town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.[1]
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26 relations: Air Ministry, British Forces Aden, Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom), Dominion, Hansard, Harrogate, Haynes Manual, Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer, born 1917), Leicestershire, London, Market Harborough, Michael Beetham, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Noor Inayat Khan, North Yorkshire, RAF Brampton, RAF Bridgnorth, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Support Command, RAF Wyton, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Shropshire, United States, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, World War II.
- Harrogate
- Military history of North Yorkshire
Air Ministry
The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964.
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British Forces Aden
British Forces Aden was the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the Aden Protectorate during part of the 20th century.
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Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is the professional head of the Royal Air Force and a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Air Force Board.
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Dominion
A dominion was any of several largely self-governing countries of the British Empire.
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Hansard
Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.
Harrogate
Harrogate is a spa town in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England.
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Haynes Manual
Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals (commonly known as Haynes Manuals) is a series of manuals from the British publisher Haynes Publishing Group.
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Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer, born 1917)
Frank Sydney Roland "Johnnie" Johnson (4 August 1917 – 10 May 2009) was an English cricketer and senior Royal Air Force officer.
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Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Market Harborough
Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, close to the border with Northamptonshire.
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Michael Beetham
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael James Beetham, (17 May 1923 – 24 October 2015) was a Second World War bomber pilot and a high-ranking commander in the Royal Air Force from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Noor Inayat Khan
Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British resistance agent in France in the Second World War who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
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North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber and North East regions of England.
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RAF Brampton
RAF Brampton was a non-flying Royal Air Force installation near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, England.
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RAF Bridgnorth
Royal Air Force Bridgnorth or more simply RAF Bridgnorth is a former Royal Air Force station, created after the outbreak of the Second World War on 6 November 1939, at Stanmore, to the east of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England.
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RAF Menwith Hill
Royal Air Force Menwith Hill (RAF Menwith Hill) is a Royal Air Force station near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which provides communications and intelligence support services to the United Kingdom and the United States. RAF Harrogate and RAF Menwith Hill are Royal Air Force stations in Yorkshire.
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RAF Support Command
Support Command was a command of the Royal Air Force between 1973 and 1994.
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RAF Wyton
Royal Air Force Wyton or more simply RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. RAF Harrogate and RAF Wyton are Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Royal Australian Air Force
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army.
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Shropshire
Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Women's Auxiliary Air Force
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), whose members were referred to as WAAFs, was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Harrogate
- 1954 Harrogate by-election
- Army Foundation College recruit abuse investigation 2014–2018
- Churches in Harrogate
- Dhunjibhoy Bomanji
- H. E. and A. Bown
- Harrogate
- Harrogate Gasworks Railway
- Harrogate War Memorial
- Jubilee Memorial, Harrogate
- Knabs Ridge Wind Farm
- List of public art in Harrogate
- RAF Harrogate
- Stray Ferret
- Vale of York Hoard
Military history of North Yorkshire
- Association of Harrogate Apprentices
- Battle of Boroughbridge
- Battle of Catraeth
- Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)
- Battle of Marston Moor
- Battle of Myton
- Battle of Old Byland
- Battle of Sherburn in Elmet
- Battle of the Standard
- Bent Rigg radar station
- Brandsby Royal Observer Corps monitoring post
- Dishforth Airfield
- GCHQ Scarborough
- Great Siege of Scarborough Castle
- HMS Forest Moor
- History of Middlesbrough
- Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standardisation Unit
- Kiplin Hall
- Marske Aerodrome
- No. 1 Flying Training School RAF
- RAF Croft
- RAF Dalton
- RAF Danby Beacon
- RAF Dishforth
- RAF Fylingdales
- RAF Harrogate
- RAF Hospital Northallerton
- RAF Leeming
- RAF Linton-on-Ouse
- RAF Scorton
- RAF Skipton-on-Swale
- RAF Tholthorpe
- RAF Thornaby
- RAF Topcliffe
- RAF Wombleton
- Redcar Aerodrome
- York Cold War Bunker