RAF Wratting Common
Royal Air Force (RAF) Wratting Common is a former Royal Air Force substation near Newmarket, Suffolk, England.
Units
The following units were here at some point:
- No. 24 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
- No. 90 Squadron RAF between May and October 1943 with the Short Stirling III and the Avro Lancasters I and III
- No. 195 Squadron RAF between November 1944 and August 1945 with the Lancasters I and III
- No. 116 Storage Sub Site of No. 273 Maintenance Unit RAF between July 1946 and September 1947
- No. 2 Section of No. 1552 Radio Aids Training Flight between March and July 1946
- No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF between November 1943 and November 1944
References
- Citations
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 219.
- ^ "Wratting Common (West Wickham)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 184.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 127.
- ^ 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.