Английская Википедия:Gransden Lodge Airfield
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox airport Gransden Lodge Airfield is a former wartime airfield located Шаблон:Convert west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
The Cambridge University Gliding Club (now Cambridge Gliding Centre) moved to Gransden Lodge in October 1991, having previously shared Duxford Airfield with the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
History
Gransden Lodge opened in April 1942 as an operational RAF Bomber Command station called RAF Gransden Lodge with three concrete runways. At the end of 1945 the airfield was transferred to Transport Command but the last operational squadron was disbanded in February 1946. The RAF station closed in 1955 and it was also used for some motor races, including the first major postwar motor race in the UK on 15 June 1946.
Operational units
Squadron | Aircraft | Variants | From | To | To | Notes |
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No. 53 Squadron | Consolidated Liberator | VI/VIII | 1 December 1945 | 28 February 1946 | Disbanded | Шаблон:Sfn |
No. 97 Squadron | Avro Lancaster | I/III | 18 April 1943 | 18 April 1944 | RAF Coningsby | Detachment from RAF Bourn.Шаблон:Sfn |
No. 142 Squadron | de Havilland Mosquito | XXV | 25 October 1944 | 28 September 1945 | Disbanded | Reformed here.Шаблон:Sfn |
No. 169 Squadron | North American Mustang | I | 5 March 1943 | 10 March 1943 | RAF Bottisham | Шаблон:Sfn |
No. 192 Squadron | Vickers Wellington de Havilland Mosquito Handley Page Halifax |
IC, III, X IV II |
4 January 1943 | 5 April 1943 | RAF Feltwell | Шаблон:Sfn |
No. 405 Squadron | Handley Page Halifax Avro Lancaster |
II I, III |
19 April 1943 | 26 May 1945 | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Шаблон:Sfn |
No. 421 Squadron | Supermarine Spitfire | VB | 5 March 1943 | 10 March 1943 | RAF Fowlmere | Шаблон:Sfn |
No. 692 Squadron | de Havilland Mosquito | XVI | 4 June 1945 | 20 September 1945 | Disbanded | Шаблон:Sfn |
Units
The following units were also here at some point:[1] Шаблон:Columns-list
Current use
The Cambridge Gliding Centre now uses the airfield.
References
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External links
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