RAF Friston explained

RAF Friston
Location:	Friston, East Sussex
Country:	England
Type:	Royal Air Force Satellite station
Pushpin Map:	East Sussex
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within East Sussex
Pushpin Label:	RAF Friston
Ownership:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Controlledby:	RAF Fighter Command No. 11 Group RAF
Code:	FX
Used:	May 1940 - April
Battles:	European theatre of World War II
Elevation:	108m (354feet)
R1-Number:	00/00
R1-Surface:	Grass
R2-Number:	00/00
R2-Surface:	Grass

Royal Air Force Friston or more simply RAF Friston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station and Emergency Landing Ground located in East Sussex, England.

Units

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

No. 32 Squadron RAF, two visits between 14 June 1942 and 20 August 1942 with Hawker Hurricanes.
No. 41 Squadron RAF, three visits between 27 May 1943 and 11 July 1944 with Supermarine Spitfires.
No. 64 Squadron RAF between 7 August 1943 and 19 August 1943 with Spitfires.
No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF.
No. 253 (Hyderabad State) Squadron RAF Its Spitfires arrived on 13 June 1942.
No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron.
No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron.
No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron.
No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF Arrived on 22 October 1943.
No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF.
No. 411 (Grizzly Bear) Squadron RCAF.
No. 412 Squadron RCAF Squadron Detachments with Spitfires there from November 1942 to January 1943, before the squadron arrived on 21 June 1943 with Spitfire Mk. Vb aircraft.
No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron RAuxAF.
No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron RAuxAFF.
No. 666 (Scottish) Squadron RAuxAF Its Auster aircraft appeared on 18 April 1945 and stayed a little over a month.

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