RAF Flying Training Command 1943-44 RAF Coastal Command 1944- * No. 18 Group RAF
Site history
Built
1942 (1942)/43
In use
April 1943 - 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation
76 metres (249 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
06/24
1,288 metres (4,226 ft) Concrete
12/30
1,829 metres (6,001 ft) Concrete
18/36
1,299 metres (4,262 ft) Concrete
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