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RAF Little Walden
USAAF Station 165
Saffron Walden, Essex in England
RAF Little Walden is located in Essex
RAF Little Walden
RAF Little Walden
Shown within Essex
Coordinates52°04′06″N 000°16′00″E / 52.06833°N 0.26667°E / 52.06833; 0.26667
TypeRoyal Air Force station
CodeLL
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Controlled byEighth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Site history
Built1944 (1944)
In useMarch 1944 - September 1946 (1946)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Concrete
00/00  Concrete
00/00  Concrete

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
  1. ^ "Little Walden (Hadstock)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

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