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King's Cliffe (Wansford)

Major
Also known as: Peterborough / RAF King's Cliffe / USAAF Station 367
County: Northamptonshire
Current Status: Farmland
Date: January 1917 - 1 January 1959
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / RAF (Belgian) / RFC / RNZAF / USAAF
Aircraft Roles: Fighter
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
  • Cookson Group plc
  • King's Cliffe Heritage
  • Kings Cliffe Parish Council



                  

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 7 (P) AFU

  • 20th FG

  • 56th FG
  • No 56 OTU

  • 61st FS
  • 62nd FS
  • 63rd FS
  • No 75 Sqn

  • No 91 Sqn

  • No 93 MU

  • No 93 Sqn

  • No 266 Sqn

  • No 349 Sqn

  • No 485 Sqn

  • No 616 Sqn

  • No 2701 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2719 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2725 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2809 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2877 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2881 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2882 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 4094 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
  • No 4102 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
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A pillbox at King's Cliffe, 18 July 2015.

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A fighter pen at King's Cliffe, 18 July 2015.

Aerial footage of King's Cliffe. Courtesy of Graham Butlin

A T2 hangar base at King's Cliffe. Courtesy of Graham Butlin

Decoy Airfield(s):

Alwalton / Warmington

Home Defence Flight Station(s):

Old Weston / Therfield / Yelling

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