Royal Air Force Bushey Hall or more simply RAF Bushey Hall is a former

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non-flying

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station located south west of

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and north east of

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History

It was established at a private golf club and was used as a headquarters facility for the

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in the

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. It was situated close to its

counterpart at

RAF Bentley Priory RAF Bentley Priory was a non-flying Royal Air Force station near Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow. It was the headquarters of Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain and throughout the Second World War. During the war, two enemy bomb ...

, near

Stanmore Stanmore is part of the London Borough of Harrow in London. It is centred northwest of Charing Cross, lies on the outskirts of the London urban area and includes Stanmore Hill, one of the highest points of London, at high. The district, whi ...

. It was also known as USAAF station 341.WW2 Headquarters – 8th USAAF Fighter Command
The Forties Experience, Lincolnsfields Children's Centre. During the war the facility was the headquarters for the

VIII Fighter Command The VIII Fighter Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit of command above the wings and below the numbered air force. Its primary mission was command of fighter operations within the Eighth Air Force. In the World War II European The ...

(1942–45). Its name frequently led to the site being confused with Army Air Force Station 586 at

Bushy Park Bushy Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is the second largest of London's Royal Parks, at in area, after Richmond Park. The park, most of which is open to the public, is immediately north of Hampton Court Palace and Hampton ...

in south-west London, which was the Headquarters of United States Strategic Air Forces (USSTAF) during 1944 and 1945. It was the site of London Central Elementary High School, a United States Department of Defense Dependents School, from 1962 to 1971. In 1955, the facility was returned to civil control. It is now Bushey Hall Golf Club and Lincolnsfields Children's Centre.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bushey Hall Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom Royal Air Force stations in Hertfordshire Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom 1942 establishments in England 1955 disestablishments in England Military installations closed in 1955

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