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H
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H2S
WW2 navigation and target identification radar carried by RAF bombers -
Handcraft Hut
WW2 airfield support building -
Handley Page Shed
WW1 hangar type -
Hangar
Building to house or service aircraft -
Hang-glider
Type of light aircraft, normally unpowered -
Hard runway
General term for a runway constructed of e.g. concrete or tarmac -
Hardened Aircraft Shelter
1980s type of aircraft hangar, specially reinforced to counter any enemy attack -
Hardest Day (The)
Day in the Battle of Britain (August 18 1940) which saw particularly heavy RAF and Luftwaffe losses, as well as major attacks upon British airfields -
Hardstanding
Parking area for aircraft -
HAS
Hardened Aircraft Shelter [qv] -
HCU
Heavy Conversion Unit -
HD
Home Defence [qv] -
HE
High Explosive (bomb) -
Heavy/heavies
Colloquial term for the three RAF four-engined heavy bombers of WW2 (Avro Lancaster, Handley Page Halifax, Short Stirling) -
HGCU
Heavy Glider Conversion Unit -
Highball
WW2 bouncing bomb weapon designed for use by Mosquitoes -
Hinaidi
1920s hangar type -
HMS
Her/His Majesty's Ship -
Home Command
RAF organisation (1950-1959) -
Home Defence
WW1 generic term applied in aviation terms to RFC/RAF fighter squadrons defending Britain -
Hop
Extremely short flight by aircraft -
HQ
Headquarters -
HTCU
Heavy Transport Conversion Unit -
Hucks Starter
Device aboard a vehicle designed to start aircraft piston engines