Royal Air Force Manby or more simply RAF Manby is a former
Royal Air Force
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station located in
Lincolnshire
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,
England
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The following units were here at some point:
* No. 1 Air Armament School (1937–1944) absorbed by the Empire Air Armament School (1944–1949) absorbed by the RAF Flying College (1949–1962) absorbed by the
RAF College of Air Warfare (1962–1974)
*
No. 25 (Flying Training) Group RAF
*
No. 25 Group Communication Flight RAF (Reformed 1951–1961)
*
No. 2782 Squadron RAF Regiment
* Armament Synthetic Development Unit
* School of Refresher Flying (1962–1973)
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Manby
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Manby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England, and lies approximately east from Louth, Lincolnshire, Louth.
Manby contains a village post office. Other amenitie ...