Royal Air Force Wittering or more simply RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station 10 miles northwest of Peterborough, just south of Stamford, and just west of the A1 Great North Road. It lies within
The main entrance and BAe Harrier GR7A gate guardian
Flight Lieutenant M H Brown and Pilot Officer Chatham of No. 1 Squadron standing by the nose of a Hawker Hurricane Mark I at Wittering,. CH1566
RAF Wittering after the attack on 14 March 1941. Bomb damage can be seen to the roof of the left-most hangar. The runway linking RAF Wittering to Collyweston Landing Ground had not yet been constructed. WWII IWM HU 91901
Aerial photograph of Wittering airfield, 9 May 1944
Sir Richard John Knighton is a British engineer and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He has served as Chief of the Defence Staff since September 2025.
RAF Wittering
…Group Captain Paul Higgins June 2008 – December 2009 Group Captain Richard Knighton December 2009 – June 2011 Group Captain Richard Hill June 2011 – June 2013…
Knighton (right) at the formal handover as Chief of the Air Staff, 2023