Lockheed T33 Shooting Star. Last updated on August 21, 2017 Ah yes, the legendary Tbird trainer, common back in the day but mostly forgotten today. No. 1426 Enemy Aircraft Flight RAF, nicknamed the Rafwaffe, was a Royal Air Force flight formed during the Second World War to evaluate captured enemy aircraft. USAAF Serial Numbers 4470255 to 4483885 Last revised September 23, 2017. Spitfire Mk I versus Me 109 E performance comparison, wartime flight trials and data analysis. Spitfire flight tests. Raf Squadron Codes And Serial Numbers' title='Raf Squadron Codes And Serial Numbers' />No. Flight RAF Wikipedia. No. 1. 42. 6 Enemy Aircraft Flight RAF, nicknamed the Rafwaffe, was a Royal Air Force flight formed during the Second World War to evaluate captured enemy aircraft and demonstrate their characteristics to other Allied units. Several aircraft on charge with the RAE Farnborough section were also used by this unit. The RAE facilities at Farnborough were utilised for the flight testing of German and Italian aircraft during the war. Many crash landed airframes were brought to Farnborough for examination, testing and cannibalisation of spare parts to keep other aircraft in serviceable condition. The main flight testing work was carried out by the Aerodynamics Flight of the Experimental Flying Department and the Wireless Electrical Flight W EF, the latter responsible for evaluation and examination of radar equipped aircraft later in the war. HistoryeditNo. 1. Enemy Aircraft Flightedit. Heinkel He 1. 11. H, AW1. 77 at RAF Duxford, prior to the establishment of 1. Flight Sept Oct 1. Messerschmitt Bf 1. C 4 AX7. 72. The unit was established 2. November 1. 94. 12 at RAF Duxford, made up of a small group of pilots who had previously been maintenance test pilots with No. Group RAF. 3 Attached at first to 1. Group, its mission was to demonstrate captured types to Allied personnel and expose them to the appearance, performance, and even the sound of hostile types. Initially, it operated a Heinkel He 1. H4 AW1. 77 shot down in Scotland in February 1. Messerschmitt Bf 1. Battle of France AE4. Air Fighting Development Unit,4 and a Junkers Ju 8. A 5 HM5. 09. The Ju 8. British acquisition after the pilot landed at night at RAF Chivenor in the belief it was an airfield in France the crew had made a navigational error after being deceived by a Meacon. A General Aircraft Monospar was also assigned to the unit for general communication tasks and collecting spare parts. The aircraft in the unit changed throughout the war as further later marques came into the RAFs hands in various ways, including capture by Allied troops, forced or mistaken landings by German pilots, and defections. The flight co operated with the RAF Film Unit, for which the usual British markings were removed and original German restored. Aircraft were then passed to the AFDU at RAF Duxford 1. Several aircraft were lost to crashes, or damaged and then cannibalised for spare parts. Others were shipped to America for further evaluation. In March 1. 94. 3, the unit moved to RAF Collyweston. Beginning in early 1. U. S. Army Air Forces bases in Britain. After D Day, the perceived need for the flight declined. The flight ceased operations at Collyweston on 1. January 1. 94. 5. RAF Tangmere on the same date, with unit codes EA, as the Enemy Aircraft Flight of the Central Fighter Establishment, which finally disbanded 3. December 1. 94. 5. No. Photographic Reconnaissance FlighteditFollowing disbandment of No. Squadron RAF in December 1. Aden troubles to carry out patrols, as No. Photographic Reconnaissance Flight at RAF Khormaksar, Aden on 1 January 1. Khormaksar on 3. 1 December 1. Avro Lincoln flew operationally as a bomber. Aircraft operated, 1. Axis AircrafteditNote this list may be incomplete, and that not all Axis aircraft captured and allocated RAF serial numbers were flown by 1. Others were flown by the Air Fighting Development Unit AFDU and the Royal Aircraft Establishment RAE. Messerschmitt Bf 1. Model. Werk Nr. German call sign. RAF Serial. Circumstances of acquisition. Fate. E 3. 13. 04. White 18AE4. 79. Aircraft of 1. JG 7. Fw. Karl Hier, captured by the French near Wrth, 2. November 1. 93. 9 handed over to the RAF 2 May 1. Sent to the US in April 1. Wright Field 3 November 4. E 4B4. 10. 19Black 1. DG2. 00. Damaged by a Spitfire of 6. Squadron, flown by Canadian ace George Christie bellylanded at RAF Manston, pilot Wolfgang Teumer of JG 5. November 1. 94. 0. Repaired using parts of other aircraft and tested by Rolls Royce. In February 1. 94. Research and Development at Hatfield for propeller tests then to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment A AEE at Boscombe Down before in March 1. No. 1. 42. 6 Flight. In 1. 94. 3, retired from RAF use as more recent Bf 1. It was eventually moved to the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon in 1. Battle of Britain Hall. F2. ES9. 06. Originally of I. JG 2. Gruppenkommandeur Hpt. Rolf Pingel, it was damaged by return fire while attacking Short Stirlings and bellylanded near Dover, 1. July 1. 94. 1. Repaired by the RAE and evaluated by the AFDU in October 1. Crashed near Fowlmere 2. October 1. 94. 1 during test flight, killing Polish Air Force pilot FO Marian J. Skalski. F4B7. 23. White 1. 1NN6. 44. Originally flown by Uffz. Oswald Fischer of 1. JaboJG 2. 6, was damaged by anti aircraft fire during an attack on a Royal Navy corvette and bellylanded at Beachy Head, 2. May 1. 94. 2Flown until the end of the war. G 2Trop. 10. 63. Black 61. RN2. Formerly of 8. JG 2. No. 3 Squadron RAAF, at an airfield near Tobruk, Libya in November 1. Repaired by 3 Sqn using parts from other aircraft. Repainted in a Desert Air Force scheme, given the squadron code CV V and evaluated in North Africa. Transferred to 1. Flight in late 1. Preserved in the RAF Museum1. G 6U2. 41. 29. 51. White 1. 6TP8. 14. Lt. Horst Prenzel, Staffelkapitan 1. JG 3. RAF Manston by mistake after a Wilde Sau sortie over the invasion area against night bombers on 2. July 1. 94. 4. Another Bf 1. Writtenoff in a take off accident at RAF Wittering, 2. Nov 1. 94. 4G 6trop. VX1. 01. Captured in the Middle East in 1. Writtenoff in a forced landing at Thorney Island 1. May 1. 94. 4Focke Wulf Fw 1. Model. Werk Nr. German call sign. RAF Serial. Circumstances of acquisition. Fate. A3. 13. 53. MP4. 99. Oblt. Armin Faber, Gruppe Adjutant of III. JG 2 Richthofen became disorientated after shooting down an RAF Spitfire over Start Point, Devon. Attempting to return home, he accidentally flew north instead of south and landed at RAF Pembrey on 2. June 1. 94. 2Struck off charge, 1. Sept 1. 94. 3A 5U8. White 61. 5PN9. Originally of I. SKG 1. Uffz. Werner Ohne landed in error at RAF Manston, 2. June 1. 94. 3Despatched to store at 4. MU Sealand in July 1. Aircraft pictured in image at top of article. A 4U8. 71. 55. PE8. Originally H of II. SKG 1. Uffz. Otto Bechtolder. Disorientated en route and running short of fuel, force landed at RAF West Malling, 1. April 1. 94. 3Crashed 1. October 1. 94. 4, killing FL E. R. Lewendon, 1. 42. Flt. A 4U8. 58. Red 9. PM6. 79. Originally of 2. SKG 1. Uffz. Heinz Ehrhardt, accidentally landed at RAF Manston, Kent on 2. May 1. 94. 31. 5Last flight was June 1. Was used for spares for PE8. PN9. 99. Junkers Ju 8. Model. Werk Nr. German call sign. RAF Serial. Circumstances of acquisition. Fate. A 4. 4DDLEE2. Formerly of 3. KG 3. RAF Lulsgate Bottom, after a night raid on Birkenhead on 2. July 1. 94. 1. 1. Appeared in the 1. The Adventures of Tartu. A 5. 60. 73. M2MKHM5. Originally of Ku. Fl. Gr. 1. 06, accidentally landed at RAF Chivenor, 2. Nov 1. 94. 1 Damaged by a ground loop on landing, 1. May 1. 94. 4 although repairable, cannibalised for spare parts instead. G 1. 71. 22. 731. RUR1. 7TP1. 901. Night fighter of III. NJG 2 flown by Obgfr. Maekle and equipped with Fu. G 2. 20 Lichtenstein SN 2 radar and homing devices Fu. G 2. 27 Flensburg and Fu. G 3. 50 Naxos. Landed in error at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk on 1. July 4. 41. 7Scrapped, Oct 4. R 1. 36. 00. 431. D5EVPJ8. 761. 9Lichtenstein BC radar equipped night fighter Junkers Ju 8. NJG 3 flown to RAF Dyce, Scotland by defecting crew, 9 May 1. Preserved in the RAF Museum1. S 1. 14. 06. 04. RFMTTS4. Captured at Vlizy Villacoublay, near Paris, Sept. Aircraft pictured in image at top of article. Other typeseditType. Model. Werk Nr. Axis call sign. RAF Serial. Circumstances of acquisition. Fate. Bf 1. 10. C4. F CMAX7. 72. Originally of 4. F1. RAF Alconbury Wikipedia. RAF Alconbury. Part of United States Air Forces in Europe Air Forces Africa USAFE AFAFRICANear Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in England. Front entrance of RAF Alconbury. Shown within Cambridgeshire. Coordinates. 522. N0. 001. 32. 2W 5. N 0. 2. 22. 78W 5. Coordinates 5. 22. N0. 001. 32. 2W 5. N 0. 2. 22. 78W 5. Type. Royal Air Force station. Code. AYSite information. Owner. Ministry of Defence. Operator. Royal Air Force 1. United States Army Air Forces 1. United States Air Force 1. Controlled by. RAF Bomber Command 1. Eighth Air Force 1. RAF Maintenance Command 1. United States Air Forces in Europe 1. PresentSite history. Built. 19. 38 1. In use. Battleswars. Second World War. Cold War. Garrison information. Garrison. 50. 1st Combat Support Wing. Occupants. 42. 3d Air Base Group. Airfield information. Elevation. 46 metres 1. AMSLRunways. Direction. Length and surface. Asphalt USAF0. 62. Concrete WWII1. Concrete WWII1. Concrete WWIIRoyal Air Force Alconbury or more simply RAF Alconbury is an active Royal Air Forcestation in Huntingdon, England. The airfield is in the civil parish of The Stukeleys, close to the villages of Great Stukeley, Little Stukeley, and Alconbury. Opened in 1. 93. 8, it is a non flying facility, under the control of the United States Air Force. It is one of three RAF stations in Cambridgeshire used by the United States Air Forces in Europe Air Forces Africa USAFE AFAFRICA. Alconbury, RAF Molesworth, and RAF Upwood make up the Tri Base Area, because of their geographic proximity and interdependency. Except for a period of inactivity between 1. RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth are the last Second World Warera Eighth Air Force bases in Britain that are still used and controlled by the United States Air Force. On 8 January 2. 01. US Air Force would be withdrawn from RAF Alconbury, RAF Mildenhall, and RAF Molesworth. The Alconbury Weald development, including Alconbury Enterprise Campus, is taking place on land adjoining the USAFE site, part of the former RAF Alconbury. Current statuseditThe host unit at RAF Alconbury is the 4. Air Base Group 4. ABG, which supplies host unit services for Alconbury and RAF Molesworth. The 4. 23 ABG also serves the 4. Air Base Squadron, at Sola Air Station, Stavanger, Norway. The group comprises six squadronssecurity forces and civil engineer, air base, medical and servicesand supports tenant units. It manages activities in the community and maintains all facilities, services, and housing. Its primary mission is support for the U. S. European Command Joint Analysis Center, Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office DRMO and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency NGA at RAF Molesworth. The Alconbury Medical and Dental Clinic has been moved from RAF Upwood to RAF Alconbury, and serves the immediate medical needs of active duty personnel, their families, and retired military who live in the area. The 4. 23 ABG command section and orderly room are at Alconbury, as are many of the support units and recreational facilities for the area. RAF Alconbury is also the home of the 5. Combat Support Wing 5. CSW, which is the command and control authority over geographically separated USAFE units in the United Kingdom. The 5. 01 CSW ensures that United Kingdombased air base groups are resourced, sustained, trained, and equipped to exacting command standards, so that United States and NATO war fighters can conduct full spectrum flying operations during expeditionary deployments, theatre munitions movements, global command and control communications to forward deployed locations, support for theatre intelligence operations, and jointcombined training. RAF Alconbury covers about 0. Crack Width Calculation Euro Code 2 Examples. A replica F 5. E aircraft is on display outside the front gate. An A 1. 0 aircraft was displayed near the base parade field, but it was removed Summer 2. The original Second World War control tower stands in the old airfield section. A Second World War building stands in the farm field just east of the current base perimeter, along with several wartime buildings on the old technical site number 5 on the west side of the former airfield. Several Second World War T 2 hangars are still in use on the airfield section, and several Second World War bomber hardstands both frying pan and loop type remain on the airfield section. Alconbury Weald is a project which will develop most of the former RAF Alconbury, on land adjoining the USAFE site, into a major new location for manufacturing, engineering and development as well as providing much needed housing to support Cambridgeshires future growth. In 2. Urban Civic bought the 5. The Alconbury Enterprise Campus, an enterprise zone, occupies a quarter of the site, while over half of the site is dedicated to green space. Urban Civic estimate that the development will provide 8. A major new building called The Incubator opened in February 2. It was designed by the architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and it is visible from the nearby Ermine Street B1. ClosureeditIt was announced by the Pentagon on 8 January 2. RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth would be closing by 2. June 2. 01. 6. Most of the missions at Alconbury and Molesworth will be moved to RAF Croughton, along with the personnel. HistoryeditThe station was named RAF Abbots Ripton, from 1. September 1. 94. 2, while under RAF Bomber Command control. The United States Army Air Forces USAAF called the facility Alconbury Airdrome, USAAF Station No. September 1. 94. 2 to July 1. USAAF Station No. November 1. 94. 5. USAAF Station No. Abbots Ripton, home of 2nd Strategic Air Depot, is the current day active portion of RAF Alconbury, the former airfield part of Alconbury being the Second World War Alconbury Airdrome. The United States Air Force initially called the facility Alconbury RAF Station, from 2. August 1. 95. 1 1. December 1. 95. 5. During the Second World War, it was controlled by the USAAF Eighth Air Force, from 2. February 1. 94. 4 to 7 August 1. United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe USSAFE, thereafter the United States Air Forces in Europe. This sentence is poorly punctuated, and its not clear whether from 2. February 1. 94. 4 to 7 August 1. USAAF or to the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe. OriginseditIn 1. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command was drawing up plans for dispersal of their aircraft in the event of air raids on its stations. Despite efforts to keep new airfield sites and measures to camouflage them secret, there was little doubt that the potential enemy knew exactly where they were and would have little difficulty in finding them from the air. Satellite bases were considered one answer to this threat a landing ground within reasonable road travel distance of the parent airfield to which aircraft could be diverted if the home station was bombed or likely to be attacked. These satellite bases would be equipped with a level of support that would allow operations to take place if the main airbase were taken out of action. In the spring of 1. Air Ministry acquired about 1. Alconbury Hill, Huntingdonshire, expressly for use as a satellite airfield. The exact location was adjacent to the ancient Roman road. Ermine Street, north west of Little Stukeley village, near to the junction where Ermine Street became the A1 instead of the A1. After a minimal amount of construction, RAF Alconbury was tested in May 1. No. 6. 3 Squadron, the first to be equipped with the Fairey Battlelight bomber, flew in from its home station of RAF Upwood five miles 8 km away. This was a two day training exercise and other squadrons were to follow over the next 1. During this period, RAF Alconbury consisted of a few wooden huts but plans were made to provide both refuelling and rearmament facilities. RAF Bomber Command useeditIn September 1. RAF Upwood squadrons were given operational training roles and Alconbury became RAF Wytons satellite under No. Group, Squadron Nos.