Their side of the airfield was to become known as RAF Speke. By the late 1930s, it grew largely because of increased traffic across the Irish sea. During this time it's iconic station building …

The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (MSFU) was a Royal Air Force operational aircraft unit based at RAF Speke, in south Liverpool, now Liverpool John Lennon Airport during World War II.

The squadron set up its permanent base at RAF Speke (now Liverpool John Lennon Airport) on 6 May and began recruiting personnel from Liverpool and the surrounding area. Its first Hawker …

Want to know more about RAF Speke? These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the …

SPEKE: Civil regional airport later a partly RAF aerodrome in WW2. Note: The first rare picture from a postcard was kindly provided by Mike Charlton in August 2020, and shows a de …

Speke served as a reception centre for the assembly of Lockheed aircraft types from USA 1938-44, and as despatch centre for the return from UK of Eighth Air Force and Ninth Air Force …

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This book tells the story of one of the leading WWII RAF fighter squadrons in great detail from its infancy at Liverpool (Speke) airport in 1936 to its final disbandment with all the Auxiliary forces …

Among the best known is No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron RAUXAF, its training role extensive: air and space operations, intelligence, ground engineering, logistics, human …

Personnel Movements: Aug - Dec 1939. Until 24 August 1939, Speke was home to No 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, but the unit was away at Duxford on its annual …