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RAF Uxbridge is a Royal Air Force station in Uxbridge, Middlesex.
RAF Uxbridge is best known as the headquarters of No. 11 Group RAF during the Battle of Britain. 11 Group was responsible for the defence of London and the South-East of England, and therefore was the main area of combat. The group headquarters were specifically at Hillingdon House within the base grounds. An underground operations room was built nearby to handle the control of the fighter squadrons.
Information about air threats would come to Fighter Command headquarters at RAF Bentley Priory, which would filter reports to remove duplication, doubt and confusion. The threats would then be allocated to the Group operations rooms for defensive operations to be taken. In the case of No 11 Group this was at RAF Uxbridge.
The WW2 operations room was closed up in 1958 in its original state, and restored in the 1970s. Very little restoration was required.
Today RAF Uxbridge is part of RAF Personnel and Training Command. Units stationed at Uxbridge include the headquarters of the Military Air Traffic Operations, Headquarters Music Services and also the Queen's Colour Squadron of the RAF Regiment
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