RAF Alconbury
Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomRoyal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England, that for many years was used by the USAF. The airfield is in the civil parish of The Stukeleys, close to the villages of Great Stukeley, Little Stukeley, and Alconbury. Flying operations are no longer based at the site, with most of the land, including the runway, having been sold in 2009 to become the new settlement of Alconbury Weald.
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AI Generated- 1938RAF Alconbury opened for use by RAF Bomber Command.
- 1942The United States Army Air Force began using the station.
- 8 January 1942King George VI visited the site and saw the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses.
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Alconbury High School
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Alconbury Weald
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Great Stukeley Railway Cutting
Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, UK
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
County building in Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire, England