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Royal Air Force New Romney or more simply RAF New Romney is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located 3.9 miles (6.3 km) north east of Lydd, Kent, England.

RAF New Romney RAF Honeychild[1]
New Romney, Kent in England
RAF New Romney airfield, 1943
RAF New Romney Shown within Kent
Coordinates	51°00′09″N 000°56′39″E
Type	Advanced Landing Ground
Code	XR
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)/43
Built by	RAF Airfield Construction Service
In use	March 1943 - December 1944 (1944)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	3 metres (10 ft)[2] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Sommerfeld tracking 00/00  Sommerfeld tracking

History

RAF Romney Marsh was also known as Jesson or Littlestone Aerodrome, and was situated to the north of New Romney.[nb 1][3]

• No. 124 Airfield RAF[1]
• No. 181 Squadron RAF flying Hawker Typhoon IB's from 3 July 1943 until 8 October 1943[4]
• No. 182 Squadron RAF flying Hawker Typhoon IB's from 2 July 1943 until 12 October 1943 with a detachment at RAF Wigtown[5]
• No. 247 Squadron RAF flying Hawker Typhoon IB's firstly from 10 July 1943 until 7 August 1943 then again from 13 August 1943 until 11 October 1943[6]
• No. 3207 Servicing Commando[1]
• No. 3209 Servicing Commando[1]

Current use

The site is now used for farming and little remains of the landing ground.[1]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations
• Advanced Landing Ground

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Falconer, J (1998). RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2175-9.
• Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

External links

• Advanced Landing Grounds on Romney Marsh

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