RAF Warboys
| RAF Warboys | |||||||||||
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| Warboys, Cambridgeshire in England | |||||||||||
HM Queen Elizabeth inspects flight and ground crews at RAF Warboys, February 1944, in front of an Avro Lancaster of No. 156 Squadron RAF | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Station | ||||||||||
| Code | WB | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command * No. 3 Group RAF * No. 8 (PFF) Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°23′28″N 000°05′59″W / 52.39111°N 0.09972°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||
| In use | September 1941 - 1963 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 27 metres (89 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Warboys or more simply RAF Warboys is a former Royal Air Force heavy bomber station, situated just outside the village of Warboys in Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), England.