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Royal Air Force green plaque
Royal Air Force · Military Force
Inscription
“Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force was formed and had its first headquarters here in the former Hotel Cecil 1st April 1918”
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b. 1918
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80 Strand
WC2R
Erected 2008
City of Westminster
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