RAF Warboys

Queen Elizabeth at RAF Warboys Feb 1944. Author:The IWM, TR, 1554.

Data

RAF Warboys.

Category.	Statistic.
Location.	UK.
Opened in.	1940.
Closed in.	1963.
Operated by.	RAF aircraft squadrons 1940-1960, a RAF Bloodhound anti-aircraft missile unit 1960-1963.
Owned by.	British MoD.
Outside link.	https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com/choose-your-trail/trail-17-the-pathfinders/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warboys, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Warboys, http://military.wikia.com/wiki/RAF_Warboys, https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEVxrSvF9ZSYwARoRXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=RAF+Warboys&fr=yset_chr_cnewtab, https://www.revolvy.com/topic/RAF%20Warboys&item_type=topic, https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A0LEVxrSvF9ZSYwAUIRXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMDgyYjJiBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=RAF+Warboys&fr=yset_chr_cnewtab, https://www.facebook.com/pages/RAF-Warboys/103272533060207, https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/520/raf-warboys/, http://www.wow.com/wiki/RAF_Warboys, https://masterbombercraig.wordpress.com/bomber-command-structure/no-8-pff-group-bomber-command/pathfinder-force-pff/raf-warboys-pff/, http://wikivisually.com/wiki/RAF_Warboys, http://www.mashpedia.com/RAF_Warboys, http://www.wikiwand.com/en/RAF_Warboys, http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/airfields/airfield.php?pid=1876, https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com/choose-your-trail/trail-17-the-pathfinders/ and http://www.neolithicsea.co.uk/rafwarboys/index.html .

Name

The village was recorded in the town Domesday Book in the Hundred of Hurstingstone, in Huntingdonshire; under the name of "Wardebusc". It is not connected to the words "war" or "boys".

Vidios

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Abandoned RAF Warboys.

Abandoned RAF Warboys

We explored this abandoned WW2 RAF site.

Lancaster Over Warboys

Ok, so this aint the greatest flyby in the world, the focus is iffy, the zoom is not well judged, and its a little erattcic at times. BUT, how often do you see a Lanc fly around a former Bomber Command Station? How often do you see one fly by a PathFinder Station? So, here is the BBMF Lancaster flying over the former RAF Warboys at 1500hrs on Sunday 11th May 2008.

Also see

1. Noteworthy Air bases
2. Bloodhound anti-aircraft missile