Royal Air Force Winkleigh, or more simply RAF Winkleigh, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near to Winkleigh, Devon and south of Barnstaple, Devon, England.
The following units were here at some point: A detachment No. 161 Squadron RAF (September 1943 - September 1944) with the Westland Lysander A detachment of No. 286 Squadron RAF (1942-) with the Hawker Hurricane IIC No. 406 Squadron RCAF (April - September 1944) with Bristol Beaufighter and de Havilland Mosquito XII & XXX No. 415 Squadron RCAF (1943-44) with the Fairey Albacore Norwegian Training Base between December 1944 and November 1945 with North American Harvards, Airspeed Oxfords and Fairchild PT-19 Cornells
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