RAF Leconfield

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former Royal Air Force station

RAF Leconfield is a former Royal Air Force station in East Yorkshire, England, historically used as a fighter airfield during the Second World War and later as a training and support base.

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Label	Occurrences
RAF Leconfield canonical	2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former Royal Air Force station ⓘ
closedAsRAFStation	1977 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	Defence School of Transport ⓘ helicopter search and rescue base ⓘ
distanceToBeverley	approximately 3 miles north ⓘ
garrison	Army ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ
hasElevation	11 metres ⓘ
hasIcaoCode	EGXV ⓘ
hasRunway	04/22 ⓘ 12/30 ⓘ 18/36 ⓘ
hostsAircraft	Avro Lancaster ⓘ surface form: Avro Lancaster (historical) Bristol Beaufighter ⓘ surface form: Bristol Beaufighter (historical) English Electric Lightning (historical) ⓘ Hawker Hurricane ⓘ surface form: Hawker Hurricane (historical) Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ surface form: Supermarine Spitfire (historical) Westland Sea King ⓘ surface form: Westland Sea King (historical)
hostsUnit	Defence School of Transport ⓘ surface form: Defence School of Transport Leconfield No. 143 Squadron RAF (historical) ⓘ No. 1435 Flight RAF ⓘ surface form: No. 1435 Flight RAF (historical) No. 152 Squadron RAF (historical) ⓘ No. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (historical) ⓘ No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF (historical) ⓘ No. 19 Squadron RAF ⓘ surface form: No. 19 Squadron RAF (historical) No. 202 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 253 Squadron RAF (historical) ⓘ No. 255 Squadron RAF (historical) ⓘ No. 264 Squadron RAF ⓘ surface form: No. 264 Squadron RAF (historical) No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron (historical) ⓘ No. 42 Group RAF (element, historical) ⓘ No. 466 Squadron RAAF (historical) ⓘ RAF Maintenance Units (MUs) ⓘ surface form: No. 60 Maintenance Unit RAF (historical) No. 60 Squadron RAF (historical) ⓘ No. 609 Squadron RAF ⓘ surface form: No. 609 Squadron RAF (historical) No. 616 Squadron RAF ⓘ surface form: No. 616 Squadron RAF (historical) RAF Maintenance Units (MUs) ⓘ surface form: No. 92 Maintenance Unit RAF (historical) No. 92 Squadron RAF ⓘ surface form: No. 92 Squadron RAF (historical)
locatedIn	East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ England ⓘ
locatedNear	Leconfield ⓘ
nearbyCity	Beverley ⓘ
opened	1936 ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ surface form: RAF Fighter Command
region	Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
runwaySurface	concrete ⓘ
usedDuring	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
usedFor	fighter airfield ⓘ support base ⓘ training base ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron → operatedFrom → RAF Leconfield ⓘ

Battle of Britain airfields → hasPart → RAF Leconfield ⓘ