RAF Lydd

RAF Lydd
Lydd, Kent in England
RAF Lydd Shown within Kent
Coordinates	50°58′09″N 000°52′18″E / 50.96917°N 0.87167°E / 50.96917; 0.87167
Type	Advanced Landing Ground[1]
Code	LD[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Second Tactical Air Force * No. 83 Group RAF
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
Built by	RAF Airfield Construction Service
In use	June 1943 - January 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	1 metre (3 ft 3 in)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Sommerfeld tracking 00/00  Sommerfeld tracking

Royal Air Force Lydd or more simply RAF Lydd is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Lydd, Kent and 12.3 miles (19.8 km) south of Ashford, Kent, England.

History

The following units were here at some point:^[2]

• No. 121 Airfield RAF (July - August 1943)^[3]
  • No. 174 Squadron RAF with the Hawker Typhoon IB (July - October 1943)^[1]
  • No. 175 Squadron RAF with the Hawker Typhoon IB (July - October 1943)^[1]
  • No. 245 Squadron RAF with the Hawker Typhoon IB (July - October 1943)^[1]
• No. 2794 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2845 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2889 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2891 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 3205 Servicing Commando
• No. 3206 Servicing Commando

Current use

The site has reverted to farmland and has no connection with the current Lydd Airport which is located to the east of Lydd.^[2]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.

This page was last edited on 22 October 2023, at 06:32