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Royal Air Force Merston or more simply RAF Merston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in West Sussex, England.

RAF Merston
Chichester, West Sussex in England
Aerial photograph of RAF Merston on 21 September 1946
RAF Merston
Shown within West Sussex
Coordinates50.8203°N 0.7435°W / 50.8203; -0.7435
TypeSatellite Station
CodeXM
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Controlled byRAF Fighter Command
1941-42 & 1943-45
Site history
Built1940 (1940)/41
In useApril 1941 - November 1945 (1945)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation15 metres (49 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Sommerfeld Tracking
00/00  Sommerfeld Tracking

History


RAF Merston was built In May 1941, as a grass airfield satellite to the neighbouring RAF Tangmere. The site was used by RAF fighter squadrons from May 1941 to August 1942. The site briefly closed for redevelopment in from August 1942 until its reopening in May 1943 as an RAF fighter station. It was used by the Royal Navy as a storage site for surplus war equipment until it closed on 13 November 1945.[2][3]


Units


The following squadrons were here at some point:[3]

Units;


References



Citations


  1. Falconer 1998, p. 63.
  2. "Merston". American Air Museum. Imperial War Museum. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Merston". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. Jefford 1988, p. 38.
  5. Lake 1999, p. 22.

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