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Royal Air Force Manby or more simply RAF Manby is a former Royal Air Force station located in Lincolnshire, England

RAF Manby
Manby, Lincolnshire in England
RAF Manby Shown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53°21′29″N 0°04′54″E
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1937 (1937)
In use	1937–1974 (1974)
Battles/wars	Second World War Cold War

The following units were here at some point:[1]

• No. 1 Air Armament School (1937–1944)[2] absorbed by the Empire Air Armament School (1944–1949)[3] absorbed by the RAF Flying College (1949–1962)[4] absorbed by the RAF College of Air Warfare (1962–1974)[5]
• No. 25 (Flying Training) Group RAF
• No. 25 Group Communication Flight RAF (Reformed 1951–1961)[6]
• No. 2782 Squadron RAF Regiment
• Armament Synthetic Development Unit
• School of Refresher Flying (1962–1973)[7]

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

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