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RAF Twinwood Farm

Royal Air Force Twinwood Farm or more simply RAF Twinwood Farm is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 4 mi (6.4 km) north of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. For the majority of World War II, the airfield was home to RAF night fighters.

RAF Twinwood Farm
USAAF Station 506

52°10′52″N 0°29′10″W / 52.181102°N 0.486131°W / 52.181102; -0.486131

Satellite Station

TF

Air Ministry

Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces

RAF Fighter Command 1942-
Eighth Air Force

www.twinwoodairfield.co.uk

1941 (1941)/42

April 1942 - June 1945 (1945)

European theatre of World War II

84 metres (276 ft)[1] AMSL

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No. 26 Squadron RAF

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No. 268 Squadron RAF

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No. 613 Squadron RAF

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No. 169 Squadron RAF

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No. 239 Squadron RAF

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No. 164 Squadron RAF

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No. 14 Service Flying Training School RAF

No. 19 Air Crew Holding Unit

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No. 2837 Squadron RAF Regiment

Airborne Interception Conversion Flight RAF

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United States Army Air Forces use[edit]

In 1944 the airfield was transferred to the U.S. Eighth Air Force and operated in conjunction with the nearby RAF Thurleigh.[2]

Twinwood Aviation Museum - featuring uniforms and artifacts recovered from German and Allied aircraft crash sites, as well as British aviation units and life in Britain during the war.

Rooms of a 1940s family home

Axis Museum - recreation of a bunker, Russian and German artillery and weapons, and a display about Winston Churchill and the British royal family

German

Fire Service Museum - recreated 1940s wartime fire station with uniforms, equipment and vehicles

Displays of military vehicles

List of former Royal Air Force stations

Glenn Miller Orchestra

Falconer, J (1998). RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing.  0-7110-2175-9.

ISBN

Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. : Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

Shrewsbury

Aerial photo of RAF Twinwood Farm from Multimap.Com

Twinwood Farm historical photo album

- site of Glenn Miller Museum (domain expired)

Twinwood Airfield Museum

Twinwood Airfield Bedfordshire. Wartime Airfield Layout 1944