| Gransden Lodge Airfield | |
| Type: | Private |
| Operator: | Private |
| Location: | Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
| Used: | 1942- |
| Elevation-F: | 70m (230feet) |
| Elevation-M: | 70 |
| Coordinates: | 52.1817°N -0.1136°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Cambridgeshire |
| Pushpin Label: | Gransden Lodge Airfield |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cambridgeshire |
Gransden Lodge Airfield is a former wartime airfield located 10.1miles west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
The Cambridge University Gliding Club (now Cambridge Gliding Centre) moved to Gransden Lodge in October 1991, having previously shared Duxford Airfield with the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
Gransden Lodge opened in April 1942 as an operational RAF Bomber Command station called RAF Gransden Lodge with three concrete runways. At the end of 1945 the airfield was transferred to Transport Command but the last operational squadron was disbanded in February 1946. The RAF station closed in 1955 and it was also used for some motor races, including the first major postwar motor race in the UK on 15 June 1946.
| Squadron | Aircraft | Variants | From | To | To | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 53 Squadron | Consolidated Liberator | VI/VIII | 1 December 1945 | 28 February 1946 | Disbanded | ||
| No. 97 Squadron | Avro Lancaster | I/III | 18 April 1943 | 18 April 1944 | RAF Coningsby | Detachment from RAF Bourn. | |
| No. 142 Squadron | de Havilland Mosquito | XXV | 25 October 1944 | 28 September 1945 | Disbanded | Reformed here. | |
| No. 169 Squadron | North American Mustang | I | 5 March 1943 | 10 March 1943 | RAF Bottisham | ||
| No. 192 Squadron | Vickers Wellington de Havilland Mosquito Handley Page Halifax | IC, III, X IV II | 4 January 1943 | 5 April 1943 | RAF Feltwell | ||
| No. 405 Squadron | Handley Page Halifax Avro Lancaster | II I, III | 19 April 1943 | 26 May 1945 | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | ||
| No. 421 Squadron | Supermarine Spitfire | VB | 5 March 1943 | 10 March 1943 | RAF Fowlmere | ||
| No. 692 Squadron | de Havilland Mosquito | XVI | 4 June 1945 | 20 September 1945 | Disbanded |
The following units were also here at some point:[1]
The Cambridge Gliding Centre now uses the airfield.