About: RAF Woodvale

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Royal Air Force Woodvale or RAF Woodvale (ICAO: EGOW) is a Royal Air Force Station located 4 mi (6.4 km) next to the towns of Formby and Ainsdale in an area called Woodvale which is located to the south of Southport, Merseyside. Woodvale was constructed as an all-weather night fighter airfield for the defence of Liverpool. However, it did not open until 7 December 1941 which was just after the Liverpool Blitz which peaked in May of that year.

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  • Royal Air Force Woodvale or RAF Woodvale (ICAO: EGOW) is a Royal Air Force Station located 4 mi (6.4 km) next to the towns of Formby and Ainsdale in an area called Woodvale which is located to the south of Southport, Merseyside. Woodvale was constructed as an all-weather night fighter airfield for the defence of Liverpool. However, it did not open until 7 December 1941 which was just after the Liverpool Blitz which peaked in May of that year. (en)
  • Woodvale (engelska: RAF Woodvale, Royal Air Force Station Woodvale, Woodvale Airport) är en flygplats i Storbritannien. Den ligger i grevskapet Sefton och riksdelen England, i den centrala delen av landet, 300 km nordväst om huvudstaden London. Woodvale ligger 11 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Woodvale är mycket platt. Havet är nära Woodvale åt nordväst. Den högsta punkten i närheten är 33 meter över havet, 1,1 km väster om Woodvale. Runt Woodvale är det mycket tätbefolkat, med 1 361 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Liverpool, 19,7 km söder om Woodvale. Trakten runt Woodvale består i huvudsak av gräsmarker. Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 8 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juni, då medeltemperaturen är 14 °C, och den kallaste är januari, med 1 °C. (sv)
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  • *Liverpool University Air Squadron *Manchester and Salford Universities Air Squadron *No. 10 Air Experience Flight * No. 631 Volunteer Gliding Squadron *No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron (RAuxAF). (en)
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  • Lake, A Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1999. . (en)
  • Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. . (en)
  • Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. . (en)
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  • Royal Air Force Woodvale or RAF Woodvale (ICAO: EGOW) is a Royal Air Force Station located 4 mi (6.4 km) next to the towns of Formby and Ainsdale in an area called Woodvale which is located to the south of Southport, Merseyside. Woodvale was constructed as an all-weather night fighter airfield for the defence of Liverpool. However, it did not open until 7 December 1941 which was just after the Liverpool Blitz which peaked in May of that year. (en)
  • Woodvale (engelska: RAF Woodvale, Royal Air Force Station Woodvale, Woodvale Airport) är en flygplats i Storbritannien. Den ligger i grevskapet Sefton och riksdelen England, i den centrala delen av landet, 300 km nordväst om huvudstaden London. Woodvale ligger 11 meter över havet. Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 8 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juni, då medeltemperaturen är 14 °C, och den kallaste är januari, med 1 °C. (sv)
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