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RAF Great Sampford

Coordinates: 51°59′26″N 000°21′24″E / 51.99056°N 0.35667°E / 51.99056; 0.35667
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RAF Great Sampford
USAAF Station AAF-359
Great Sampford, Essex in England
RAF Great Sampford on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1940
RAF Great Sampford is located in Essex
RAF Great Sampford
RAF Great Sampford
Shown within Essex
RAF Great Sampford is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Great Sampford
RAF Great Sampford
RAF Great Sampford (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates51°59′26″N 000°21′24″E / 51.99056°N 0.35667°E / 51.99056; 0.35667
TypeRoyal Air Force satellite station
CodeGS[1]
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Controlled byRAF Fighter Command
* No. 11 Group RAF
Site history
Built1941 (1941)/42
In useApril 1942 – August 1944
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation104 metres (341 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Sommerfeld Tracking
00/00  Sommerfeld Tracking

Royal Air Force Great Sampford or more simply RAF Great Sampford is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west of Great Sampford, Essex, England and 5.3 miles (8.5 km) south east of Saffron Walden, Essex.

History

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No. 65 Squadron RAF used the airfield starting on 14 March 1942 flying Supermarine Spitfire V's before leaving to RAF Martlesham Heath on 9 June 1942 before returning again on 15 June 1942 for fifteen days. The squadron left again and returned on 7 July 1942 staying until 29 July 1942 when the squadron moved RAF Gravesend.[2]

The following units were here at some point:[3]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 103.
  2. ^ "No. 65 (East India) Squadron". The Wartime Memories Project – The Second War. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Great Sampford". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 59.
  5. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 100.

Bibliography

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  • Falconer, Jonathan (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
  • Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.