RAF Great Sampford USAAF Station AAF-359 | |
Ensign: | Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg |
Ensign Size: | 90px |
Location: | Great Sampford, Essex |
Country: | England |
Type: | Royal Air Force satellite station |
Pushpin Map: | Essex#UK |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Essex |
Pushpin Label: | RAF Great Sampford |
Ownership: | Air Ministry |
Operator: | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces |
Controlledby: | RAF Fighter Command |
Code: | GS |
Built: | /42 |
Used: | April 1942 – August 1944 |
Battles: | European theatre of World War II |
Elevation: | 104m (341feet) |
R1-Number: | 00/00 |
R1-Surface: | Sommerfeld Tracking |
R2-Number: | 00/00 |
R2-Surface: | Sommerfeld Tracking |
Royal Air Force Great Sampford or more simply RAF Great Sampford is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located west of Great Sampford, Essex, England and south east of Saffron Walden, Essex.
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.[1]
The following units were here at some point:[2]