RAF Wyton

Royal Air Force Wyton or more simply RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, England.In terms of organisation RAF Wyton was part of the combined station RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow, a merger of Wyton with two previously separate bases, RAF Brampton and RAF Henlow. Wyton is the largest of the three. It is home to Equipment Support (Air) and Corporate Technical Services. The airfield is now decommissioned but was used for flight training by 57(R) Squadron EFT, the University Air Squadrons of London and Cambridge and No. 5 Air Experience Flight.History1916–1939Wyton has been a military airfield since 1916, when it was used for training by the Royal Flying Corps and then its successor the Royal Air Force (RAF).The following squadrons were posted to Wyton between 1916 and 1935: No. 46 Squadron RFC between 1916 and 1916. No. 65 Squadron RFC between 1916 and 1917. No. 83 Squadron RFC between 1917 and 1917. No. 96 Squadron RAF between 1918 and 1918. No. 104 Squadron RFC between 1917 and 1917. No. 117 Squadron RAF between 1918 and 1919. No. 119 Squadron RAF between 1918 and 1918. No. 120 Squadron RAF between 1918 and 1918. No. 130 Squadron RAF between 1918 and 1918. No. 156 Squadron RAF between 1918 and 1918. No. 211 Squadron RAF between 1919 and 1919. In 1935, it was upgraded to contemporary standards.