RAF Friston
Former Royal Air Force satellite station in East Sussex, England
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Royal Air Force Friston or more simply RAF Friston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station and Emergency Landing Ground located in East Sussex, England.
RAF Friston | |||||||||
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| Friston, East Sussex in England | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force satellite station | ||||||||
| Code | FX[1] | ||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command * No. 11 Group RAF | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
  RAF Friston Shown within East Sussex  RAF Friston RAF Friston (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°45′53″N 000°10′04″E | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||
| In use | May 1940 - April 1946 | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Elevation | 108 metres (354 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||
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Units
The following units were here at some point:[2]
- No. 32 Squadron RAF, two visits between 14 June 1942 and 20 August 1942 with Hawker Hurricanes[3]
- No. 41 Squadron RAF, three visits between 27 May 1943 and 11 July 1944 with Supermarine Spitfires[4]
- No. 64 Squadron RAF between 7 August 1943 and 19 August 1943 with Spitfires[5]
- No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF
- No. 253 (Hyderabad State) Squadron RAF Its Spitfires arrived on 13 June 1942
- No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron
- No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron
- No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron
- No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF Arrived on 22 October 1943
- No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF
- No. 411 Squadron RCAF
- No. 412 Squadron RCAF Squadron Detachments with Spitfires there from November 1942 to January 1943, before the squadron arrived on 21 June 1943 with Spitfire Mk. Vb aircraft
- No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron AAF
- No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron AAF
- No. 666 Squadron RCAF Its Auster aircraft appeared on 18 April 1945 and stayed a little over a month
- Units
- No. 7 Fighter Command Servicing Unit - arrived in early 1945
- No. 2720 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2727 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2751 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2762 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2792 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2793 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2803 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2807 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2846 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2851 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 4065 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Shoreham/Friston/Shoreham (1941) became 'C' Flight, No. 277 Squadron RAF [6]