RAF Hospital Uxbridge

RAF Hospital Uxbridge was a military hospital within the Royal Air Force station RAF Uxbridge.

Douglas Bader arrived at the hospital in 1932 to recover after the amputation of both of his legs following a flying accident.

It was during his stay that he met the Desoutter brothers who were pioneering the use of lightweight aluminium for the production of prosthetic limbs.

[1] Bader was fitted with the new style of legs and returned to active service with the RAF, to become known as "the legless pilot".

[2] In early 1940, the officers' hospital on the station became the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Hospital,[3] with the Officers' hospital moving to the RAF Hospital Torquay.