Royal Air Force Little Walden or more simply RAF Little Walden is a former Royal Air Force station primarily used by the United States Army Air Forces located north of Saffron Walden, Essex, England.
The following units were here at some point:[1]
56th Fighter Group (Republic P-47 Thunderbolt)
61st Fighter Squadron
62nd Fighter Squadron
63rd Fighter Squadron
97th Combat Bombardment Wing (Light)
97th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium)
361st Fighter Group (P-47/North American P-51 Mustang)
374th Fighter Squadron
375th Fighter Squadron
376th Fighter Squadron
409th Bombardment Group (Ninth Air Force)
493rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress)
860th Bombardment Squadron
861st Bombardment Squadron
862d Bombardment Squadron
863rd Bombardment Squadron
^"Little Walden (Hadstock)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
in World War II. While the official name for the airfield became RAFLittleWalden, it was originally named after the village of Hadstock.[citation needed]...
breakout at Saint Lo, in July. In September 1944, the 361st moved to RAFLittleWalden. From its new base, the group supported Operation Market-Garden, the...
Squadron RAFLittleWalden P-51 Inactivated on 24 October 1945 - redesignated as the 171st Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron RAFLittleWalden P-51...
during the airborne assault across the Rhine. The unit returned to RAFLittleWalden and flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945. The squadron returned...
FG moved to RAFLittleWalden when it became available after the departure of the 409th Bombardment Group (Light) for France. LittleWalden was a Class...
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during the airborne assault across the Rhine. The unit returned to LittleWalden and flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945. Demobilized during...
during the airborne assault across the Rhine. The unit returned to LittleWalden and flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945. Demobilized during...
group trained with its A-20s until 10 February 1944 when it moved to RAFLittleWalden, England, arriving on 7 March 1944, when it became part of Ninth Air...
It was redesignated 61st Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942, and deployed to RAF Kings Cliffe (AAF-367), England on 9 January 1943. It was declared operationally...
during the airborne assault across the Rhine. The unit returned to RAFLittleWalden and flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945. Demobilized during...
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