Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. It is a front-line station and from 2009 to 2025 was home to the R
Benson village (left) and RAF Benson (centre and right) from the air
Fairey Battles of No. 12 Operational Training Unit based at RAF Benson during July 1940
A Type F.8 Mark II (20-inch lens) aerial camera being loaded into a Supermarine Spitfire PR.IV at RAF Benson during the Second World War
An RAF Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1 of the type based at RAF Benson during the 1960s
No. 22 Squadron, also known as No. XXII Squadron, is an operational testing and evaluation squadron of the Royal Air Force. It operates all of Joint Aviation Command's helicopter types, including the
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…RAF's fleet of Westland Puma HC2 support helicopters, which were used primarily for the transportation of troops & equipment. Flying squadrons comprise No. 22 Squadron which provides operational test, evaluation, tactics and training for all aviation in Joint Aviation Command and No. 28 Squadron, which is the Boeing…
No. 22 Squadron Bristol F.2 Fighter in France, July 1918.
A Bristol Beaufort of No. 22 Squadron with an array of torpedoes at RAF North Coates in early December 1940.
A No. 22 Squadron Westland Wessex HAR.2 and a Westland Whirlwind in the background at RAF Finningley in 1977
A Westland Sea King HAR3A of No. 22 Squadron's A Flight based at RMB Chivenor in Devon in 2007