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Coordinates: 50°4553N 000°1004E / 50.76472°N 0.16778°E / 50.76472; 0.16778
 

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RAF Friston

Friston, East Sussex in England
RAF Friston is located in East Sussex
RAF Friston

RAF Friston

Shown within East Sussex

Coordinates50°45′53N 000°10′04E / 50.76472°N 0.16778°E / 50.76472; 0.16778
TypeRoyal Air Force Satellite station
CodeFX
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Fighter Command
* No. 11 Group RAF
Site history
Built1940 (1940)
In useMay 1940 - April 1946 (1946)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation108 metres (354 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Grass
00/00  Grass

Royal Air Force Friston or more simply RAF Friston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station and Emergency Landing Ground located in East Sussex, England.

Units[edit]

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

Units
  • No. 7 Fighter Command Servicing Unit - arrived in early 1945
  • No. 2720 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 2727 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 2751 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 2762 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 2792 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 2793 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 2803 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 2807 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 2846 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 2851 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 4065 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
  • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Shoreham/Friston/Shoreham (1941) became 'C' Flight, No. 277 Squadron RAF [6]
  • References[edit]

    Citations[edit]

    1. ^ Falconer 2012, p. 97.
  • ^ "Friston". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  • ^ Halley 1988, p. 79.
  • ^ Halley 1988, p. 95.
  • ^ Halley 1988, p. 130.
  • ^ Lake 1999, p. 22.
  • Bibliography[edit]


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