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  2. Timeline of the Royal Air Force - Wikipedia

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    1943. 5 March – In an effort to decimate the German industrial base, Bomber Command begins bombing the Ruhr region. 25 March – Transport Command is formed by redesignating Ferry Command. 16 May – Aircraft of 617 Squadron set out on Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid.

  3. History of the Royal Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Royal Air Force, the air forceof the United Kingdom, spans a century of British military aviation. The RAF was founded on 1 April 1918, towards the end of the First World Warby merging the Royal Flying Corpsand the Royal Naval Air Service. After the war, the RAF was greatly reduced in size and during the inter-war years was ...

  4. Royal Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [5] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the second independent air force in the world after the Finnish Air Force (established 6 March 1918), [6] by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS ...

  5. Bombing of Dresden - Wikipedia

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    In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city. [3]

  6. RAF Kenley - Wikipedia

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    1,130 metres (3,707 ft) Concrete. NW/SE. 770 metres (2,526 ft) Concrete. Royal Air Force Kenley, more commonly known as RAF Kenley is a former airfield station of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and the RAF in the Second World War. It played a significant role during the Battle of Britain as one of the three RAF stations ...

  7. Operation Carthage - Wikipedia

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    Operation Carthage, on 21 March 1945, was a British air raid on Copenhagen, Denmark during the Second World War which caused significant collateral damage. The target of the raid was the Shellhus, used as Gestapo headquarters in the city centre. It was used for the storage of dossiers and the torture of Danish citizens during interrogations.

  8. List of air operations during the Battle of Europe - Wikipedia

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    5/6 March: The first raid of the Battle of the Ruhr [2] flew RAF Bomber Command's 100,000th sortie of World War II, with 160 acres destroyed and 53 Krupps buildings bombed at Essen. 13 April: The Eighth Air Force's largest mission to date (115 B-17s) destroys half of the Focke-Wulf factory buildings in Bremen

  9. Air warfare of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Air warfare of World War II. Boeing B-29 Superfortress long-range strategic bombers releasing their payloads during the Burma campaign in 1945. The B-29 was the largest aircraft to have a significant operational role in World War II and remains the only aircraft in history to have ever used a nuclear weapon in combat.