RAF Little Staughton

RAF Little Staughton
RAF Staughton Moor
USAAF Station 127

Disused WW2 runway
IATA: noneICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Military
Owner Air Ministry
Operator United States Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force
United States Air Force
Location Little Staughton, Bedfordshire
Built 1941 (1941)
In use 1942-1947 (1947)
Elevation AMSL 207 ft / 63 m
Coordinates 52°14′40″N 000°21′42″W / 52.24444°N 0.36167°W / 52.24444; -0.36167Coordinates: 52°14′40″N 000°21′42″W / 52.24444°N 0.36167°W / 52.24444; -0.36167
Map
RAF Little Staughton

Location in Cambridgeshire

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
00/00 0 0 Asphalt
00/00 0 0 Asphalt
00/00 0 0 Asphalt
Aerial photograph of Little Staughton airfield looking north, the technical site and barrack sites are to the right, 10 February 1944.

Royal Air Force Station Little Staughton or more simply RAF Little Staughton is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south of Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire and 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England.

Station history

The airfield was first handed over to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in 1942.[1]

RAF Little Staughton was returned to the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 1 March 1944.[1]

The airfield was placed into care and maintenance in 1945 and during the 1950s the United States Air Force extended the runway for use for Jet aircraft in emergency circumstances however in the late 1950s they moved out.[1]

See also

Current use

The site is mainly for farming with the hangars used for various uses.[2]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Little Staughton". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Little Staughton II (Staughton Moor)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  3. Jefford 1988, p. 55.
  4. Jefford 1988, p. 97.

Bibliography

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