Articles XVI and XVII stipulated that the UK government would be wholly responsible for the pay and entitlements of graduates, once they were placed with RAF or Article XV units.

There are 3 RAF stations within 4 miles of the town: RAF Brampton, once home to Headquarters RAF Support Command and now part of the Defence Logistics Organisation ( DLO ); RAF Wyton, once a major flying station but now also part of the DLO ; and RAF Alconbury currently occupied by the United States Air Force.

After 10 hours of refresher training he was approved to start flying once more and was sent to Serny on the Western Front, where he rejoined No. 8 Naval Squadron, now renamed No. 208 Squadron RAF.

He once said to fellow member Beate Sturm that he joined the RAF because he wanted to overcome his difficulty in relating to and making contact with people other than his family.

* RAF Ventnor High above the town exists the former site of RAF Ventnor, once an RAF radar monitoring station.

The pilots who had once flown the gliders soon had to transfer to flying powered aircraft, becoming part of the RAF Air Observation Post ( AOP ) Squadrons, several of which were manned by reserve personnel.

This problem seriously upset the usefulness of the Norden, and led the RAF to reject it once they received examples in 1942.

The flight was reformed, once again, by the merger of the Avro Lincoln element of 199 Squadron, called Arrow Squadron and Antler Squadron, to become No. 1321 ( ECM ) Flight RAF at RAF Hemswell on 1 October 1957, disbanding on 31 March 1958 and absorbed by the Bomber Command Bombing School.

It once claimed to be the largest Royal Air Force ( RAF ) station ( though several gunnery ranges such as RAF Spadeadam are larger in area ).

RAF Uxbridge personnel were once more prepared for action in the Gulf in 2003 in readiness for Operation Telic in Iraq.

The squadron reformed again at RAF Marham in 1983 with twelve Tornado GR1 aircraft and eighteen WE. 177 nuclear bombs, and once again assigned to SACEUR in 1984, the squadron's role was low-level penetration tactical support for ground forces resisting a Soviet land attack into Western Europe by striking targets beyond the forward edge of the battlefield.

In return the RAF took Ludham on again.

The strategic air attack and defence predominated in the RAF, despite the warning signs of 1914 to 1918, that U-Boats were going to become a main opponent again, and aircraft were a suitable counter to their operations.

Just over two weeks later, at 20: 30 hours on the 30 June, Villers-Bocage was bombed again by 266 bombers ( 151 Lancasters, 105 Halifaxes and 10 Mosquitos ) from No. 3 Group RAF, No. 4 Group RAF and No. 8 Group RAF, in support of Operation Epsom.

The other aircraft at the airfield were Spitfires of No. 273 Squadron RAF and yet again, a detachment of photo-reconnaissance Mosquitoes.

In 1942, now Flying Officer Żurakowski flew again with his countrymen on Spitfire IIs in No 315 Squadron rising to the post of Squadron Leader of No 316 Polish Fighter Squadron and Deputy Wing leader of Polish No 1 Fighter Wing stationed at RAF Northolt, often escorting USAAF bombers on daylight bombing raids.

The squadron was again reformed on 15 June 1936, with Avro Ansons as part of the new RAF Coastal Command, initially as a training squadron but later assigned to maritime patrols.

Reformed yet again on 27 September 1952 on Avro Shackletons, the squadron moved to RAF Kinloss in 1965 and was equipped with Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods in 1970.

Later RAF Bomber Command took over the airfield, again as a training station, flying Handley Page Hampdens.

511 Squadron was formed again at RAF Lyneham on 15 December 1959, as the second squadron to operate the Bristol Britannia on long-range trooping flights.

The RAF resumed control until 1951, then the USAF took over again until 1962 flying B-26 Marauders, B-29 Superfortresses, and B-50 Superfortresses.

In May 1945 control of the station was handed back by the Canadians and it again became RAF Digby, although the new station crest showed the autumn gold maple leaf to permanently acknowledge its history as a Canadian facility for three years.

The years 1975-82 were spent based at RAF Waddington, again assigned to SACEUR, and still equipped with WE. 177 nuclear laydown bombs in the low-level penetration role before disbanding in April 1982.

IX ( B ) Squadron reformed in August 1982, becoming the world's first operational Tornado squadron at RAF Honington with the Panavia Tornado GR1, again equipped with WE. 177 nuclear laydown bombs, handed down from the Vulcan force, before moving to RAF Bruggen in 1986.

On 8 July 1940 they moved to RAF Leeming, Yorkshire and again on 19 August 1942 to RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire

On 1 July 1966, the squadron reformed yet again and became the first to receive the new Vickers VC10 C. 1, reverting to an air transport squadron at RAF Fairford in July of that year.

The protagonists of Judas Country ( 1975 ) are again former RAF pilots, and the setting is now in Cyprus and the Middle East.

During World War II, he again served with the RAF, this time working on fighter aircraft development, for which he was later awarded an OBE.

It was re-formed from No. 227 Squadron RAF in 1944 and disbanded again after the end of World war 2.

After working on The Italian Job with Noël Coward, and a solid role as RAF fighter pilot Squadron Leader Canfield in the all-star cast of Battle of Britain ( both 1969 ), Caine played the lead in Get Carter ( 1971 ), a British gangster film.

RAF Debden is nearby and played a role in the Second World War.

The nearby RAF Coltishall played an important role during World War II, and afterwards, but was finally closed in December 2006.

For example, the " Lincolnshire Poacher ", formerly one of the best known numbers stations ( generally thought to be run by SIS, as its transmissions have been traced to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus ), played the first two bars of the folk song " The Lincolnshire Poacher " before each string of numbers.

Angry and frustrated, Wallis secures an interview with Sir Arthur " Bomber " Harris ( played by Basil Sydney ), the head of RAF Bomber Command, who at first is reluctant to take the idea seriously.

In 1966, he played a notable but very different role as an RAF airman travelling through occupied France – and nicknamed " Big Moustache " by his French helpers – in the French film La Grande Vadrouille, which for over forty years remained the most successful film in the history of cinema in France.

The RAF would later inherit some ex-RNAS armoured cars left in the Middle East, and during World War II, the Number 1 Armoured Car Company RAF played an important role in the defence of RAF Habbaniya when the base was attacked by Iraqi nationalists.

As RAF Manston the aerodrome played an important role in the second World War and is now called Kent International Airport.

RCAF airmen served with RAF fighter and bomber squadrons, and played key roles in the Battle of Britain, antisubmarine warfare during the Battle of the Atlantic, and the bombing campaigns against Germany.

He played football for RAF Hemswell during the 1952 – 53 season and was spotted by Lincoln City manager Bill Anderson, who invited him to play for the Lincoln reserves.

In July 2006 RAF Akrotiri played a major role as a transit point for personnel evacuations out of Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict ( see International reactions to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict and Joint Task Force Lebanon ).

The British Admiralty decided to join with the RAF in adopting the new weapon, and played a key role in its design.

A large economic role is also played by RAF Mount Pleasant, which has a number of British military personnel based there.

In recent history the squadron has played a major part in the RAF forces in Germany operating Canberras, Phantoms, Jaguars and the Tornado.

Gabreski followed closely reports on the Battle of Britain and the role played in it by Polish RAF squadrons, especially by the legendary No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron.

In May 1944 77 Squadron re-located to the newly opened RAF Full Sutton and was replaced at Elvington by two French squadrons, numbers 346 " Guyenne " and 347 " Tunisie " who both played a leading part in the bombing of Germany.

An RAF band played The Star-Spangled Banner as the Stars and Stripes were lowered for the RAF Ensign to be hoisted in its place.

During the Berlin Airlift, RAF Honington played a major role in keeping the aircraft of Transport Command flying.

Along with the American airfield of Tempelhof and the French airfield of Tegel, RAF Gatow played a key role in the Berlin airlift of 1948.

During World War II, RAF Gloster Gladiators ( No. 263 Squadron RAF ) and Hawker Hurricanes ( No. 46 Squadron RAF ) operating from Bardufoss played a vital part in keeping the Luftwaffe at bay during the fighting on the Narvik front in the April-June 1940 Norwegian Campaign.