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RAF Church Fenton, was one of the many RAF stations built in the mid-1930s, in response to re-armament on the continent. It was intended to provide fighter defense to the industrial areas of West Yorkshire, and had a fine record in that role throughout the Second World War.

Its first squadrons arrived in 1937, equipped with Gladiators and Gauntlets, and throughout the next 10 years a large number of fighter squadrons operated an equally wide range of aircraft; including:
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