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RAF Wratting Common

Coordinates: 52°07′30″N 000°24′05″E / 52.12500°N 0.40139°E / 52.12500; 0.40139
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RAF Wratting Common
RAF West Wickham
Withersfield, Suffolk in England
RAF Wratting Common is located in Cambridgeshire
RAF Wratting Common
RAF Wratting Common
Shown within Cambridgeshire
Coordinates52°07′30″N 000°24′05″E / 52.12500°N 0.40139°E / 52.12500; 0.40139
TypeRoyal Air Force substation
CodeWW[1]
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Bomber Command
* No. 3 Group RAF
* No. 7 (T) Group RAF
Site history
Built1942 (1942)/43
In useMay 1943 - April 1946 (1946)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation119 metres (390 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
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Royal Air Force (RAF) Wratting Common is a former Royal Air Force substation near Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

Units

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The following units were here at some point:[2]

References

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Citations
  1. ^ a b c d Falconer 2012, p. 219.
  2. ^ "Wratting Common (West Wickham)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 184.
  4. ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 127.
  5. ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 97.
Bibliography
  • Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
  • Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.