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RAF New Romney
RAF Honeychild[1]
New Romney, Kent in England
RAF New Romney airfield, 1943
RAF New Romney is located in Kent
RAF New Romney
RAF New Romney
Shown within Kent
Coordinates51°00′09″N 000°56′39″E / 51.00250°N 0.94417°E / 51.00250; 0.94417
TypeAdvanced Landing Ground
CodeXR[2]
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Fighter Command
* No. 83 Group RAF
Site history
Built1942 (1942)/43
Built byRAF Airfield Construction Service
In useMarch 1943 – December 1944
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation3 metres (10 ft)[2] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Sommerfeld tracking
00/00  Sommerfeld tracking

Royal Air Force New Romney or more simply RAF New Romney is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located 3.9 miles (6.3 km) north east of Lydd, Kent, England.

  1. ^ "New Romney II". Airfields of Britain Conversation Trust. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 148.

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