RAF New Romney explained

RAF New Romney RAF Honeychild^[1]
Ensign:	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Ensign Size:	90px
Location:	New Romney, Kent
Country:	England
Type:	Advanced Landing Ground
Coordinates:	51.0025°N 0.9442°W
Pushpin Map:	Kent
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Kent
Pushpin Label:	RAF New Romney
Ownership:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Controlledby:	RAF Fighter Command No. 83 Group RAF
Code:	XR
Built:	/43
Used:	March 1943 – December 1944
Builder:	RAF Airfield Construction Service
Battles:	European theatre of World War II
Elevation:	3m (10feet)
R1-Number:	00/00
R1-Surface:	Sommerfeld tracking
R2-Number:	00/00
R2-Surface:	Sommerfeld tracking

Royal Air Force New Romney or more simply RAF New Romney is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located north east of Lydd, Kent, England.

History

RAF Romney Marsh was also known as Jesson or Littlestone Aerodrome, and was situated to the north of New Romney.^[2]

No. 124 Airfield RAF^[1]
No. 181 Squadron RAF flying Hawker Typhoon IB's from 3 July 1943 until 8 October 1943
No. 182 Squadron RAF flying Hawker Typhoon IB's from 2 July 1943 until 12 October 1943 with a detachment at RAF Wigtown
No. 247 Squadron RAF flying Hawker Typhoon IB's firstly from 10 July 1943 until 7 August 1943 then again from 13 August 1943 until 11 October 1943
No. 3207 Servicing Commando^[1]
No. 3209 Servicing Commando^[1]

The site is now used for farming and little remains of the landing ground.^[1]

Book: Falconer. J.. RAF Airfields of World War 2 . 2012 . Ian Allan Publishing. UK. 978-1-85780-349-5.

Web site: New Romney II. Airfields of Britain Conversation Trust. 9 January 2013.
Web site: New Romney I (Littlestone) . abct.org.uk . Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . 12 March 2021.