RAF Wratting Common
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| RAF Wratting Common RAF West Wickham | |||||||||||
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| Near West Wickham, Cambridgeshire in England | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Code | WW[1] | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command * No. 3 Group RAF * No. 7 (T) Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°07′30″N 000°24′05″E / 52.12500°N 0.40139°E | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1942/43 | ||||||||||
| In use | May 1943 - April 1946 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
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| Elevation | 119 metres (390 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Wratting Common or more simply RAF Wratting Common is a former Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, north of Haverhill and southeast of Cambridge, England.