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    Oakington is a small rural Anglo-Saxon village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Oakington and Westwick, in the South Cambridgeshire district...
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  • Royal Air Force Oakington or more simply RAF Oakington was a Royal Air Force station located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England...
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    Oakington railway station was a station in Oakington, Cambridgeshire, on the line between Cambridge and St Ives. It opened in 17 August 1847 and was closed...
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    operations and 675 aircraft lost. February 1943 No. 7 Squadron RAF at RAF Oakington with the Short Stirling I No. 35 Squadron RAF at RAF Graveley with the...
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    Westwick is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Oakington and Westwick, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire...
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    April 2021 Northstowe became a civil parish formed from Longstanton and Oakington and Westwick, with the first town council elected on 6 May of that year...
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  • Lexington Luddington Mannington Millington Mornington Newington Norrington Oakington Orpington Overington Paddington Partington Pattington Apartments Pennington...
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    Cambridge and Huntingdon railway, runs through the former stations of Oakington, Long Stanton and Histon. The southern section, which uses part of the...
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    private finance initiative contract for the Ministry of Defence. RAF Oakington OA England Cambridgeshire 1940 1970 Being developed into Northstowe new...
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    1947 24 November 1947 RAF Oakington Reformed here. No. 30 Squadron RAF No equipment 1 November 1947 24 November 1947 RAF Oakington Reformed here. No. 30 Squadron...
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  • Stanton (or Longstanton) – opened 17 August 1847, closed 5 October 1970. Oakington – opened 17 August 1847, closed 5 October 1970. Histon – opened 17 August...
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    few friends. Millard E. Tydings died on February 9, 1961, at his farm, "Oakington", near Havre de Grace, Maryland. He was buried in Angel Hill Cemetery...
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    Oakington Immigration Reception Centre was an immigration detention centre located in Cambridgeshire run by UK Visas and Immigration. Originally a World...
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  • sources. Only one site was identified in the announcement: the former Oakington Barracks in Cambridgeshire, which is the site of the already-planned Northstowe...
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  • (1918–50) Years of service 1915–1950 Rank Air Commodore Commands RAF Oakington (1942) RAF Abingdon (1940–42) No. 6 Squadron (1934–37) Battles / wars...
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    Berlin in 1985 and briefly back in Redford Barracks before going to Oakington Barracks at Cambridge in 1989. After taking part in the Gulf War in 1991...
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    1997 and commanded the 1st Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment in Oakington and Derry from 1998 to 2000. After this command, he was appointed commander...
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    ownership and road-building, resulting in improved road routes to Rampton, Oakington and Landbeach along with the creation of long and straight drove roads...
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    airfield was in Oakington, all of the hangars, housing and other buildings were in Longstanton. Two bomber squadrons operated from RAF Oakington for the rest...
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  • back to Battlesbury Barracks in Warminster in 1984 and relocating to Oakington Barracks in Cambridge in 1986, completing a 6 month tour with the British...
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    Senegal. 1 July 1947: An RAF York crashed after overshooting at RAF Oakington. 16 July 1947: A BOAC York crashed near Basra, Iraq. 17 November 1947:...
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    Squadron RCAF 411 Sqn RCAF (sometimes 411 (RCAF) Sqn) DC Station Flight RAF Oakington DD No. 15 Squadron RAAF 15 Sqn RAAF* DD No. 22 Operational Training Unit...
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    "Lunar House is the main route through which families are detained at Oakington Reception Centre. In spite of this, it had inadequate child protection...
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    testing on seven skeletons found in Anglo-Saxon era graves in Hinxton and Oakington found that five were either migrants or descended from migrants from the...
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  • Histon, Impington, Willingham, Longstanton, Over, Swavesey, Northstowe, Oakington, Fen Drayton, Rampton South Cambridgeshire CB25 CAMBRIDGE Burwell, Waterbeach...
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    Interpretation Section of No 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, RAF Oakington, in 1942. During 1942 and 1943, the CIU gradually expanded and was involved...
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  • Liz Barker (category People from Oakington)
    from 2000 to 2006. Born in Cambridge, Barker grew up in the village of Oakington, near Cambridge and attended Impington Village College before undertaking...
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    Squadron was a member of the Pathfinder squadrons. It operated from both RAF Oakington and RAF Woodhall Spa throughout the war, as a bomber squadron, reconnaissance...
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  • Blunkett in 2002. In March 2000, six Romanian immigrants absconded from Oakington Immigration Reception Centre, then run by Group 4. Twelve asylum seekers...
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    Snowy Farr (category People from Oakington)
    Walter "Snowy" Farr MBE (b. 1919; d. Oakington, Cambridgeshire, 8 March 2007) was a British charity fundraiser who mostly operated in the streets of Cambridge...
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