RAF Friston

RAF Friston
RAF Friston
Friston, East Sussex in England
	RAF Friston Shown within East Sussex
Coordinates	50°45′53″N000°10′04″E / 50.76472°N 0.16778°E
Type	Royal Air Force satellite station
Code	FX
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command ; * No. 11 Group RAF
Site history
Built	1940
In use	May 1940 - April 1946
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	108 metres (354 ft) AMSL
Runways
00/00	Grass
00/00	Grass

Last updated November 08, 2024

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

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

No. 32 Squadron RAF, two visits between 14 June 1942 and 20 August 1942 with Hawker Hurricanes.^[3]
No. 41 Squadron RAF, three visits between 27 May 1943 and 11 July 1944 with Supermarine Spitfires.^[4]
No. 64 Squadron RAF between 7 August 1943 and 19 August 1943 with Spitfires.^[5]
No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF.
No. 253 (Hyderabad State) Squadron RAF Its Spitfires arrived on 13 June 1942.
No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron.
No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron.
No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron.
No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF Arrived on 22 October 1943.
No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF.
No. 411 (Grizzly Bear) Squadron RCAF.
No. 412 Squadron RCAF Squadron Detachments with Spitfires there from November 1942 to January 1943, before the squadron arrived on 21 June 1943 with Spitfire Mk. Vb aircraft.
No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron RAuxAF.
No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron RAuxAFF.
No. 666 (Scottish) Squadron RAuxAF Its Auster aircraft appeared on 18 April 1945 and stayed a little over a month.

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]

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References

Citations

1 2 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

Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
Halley, J.J. (1988). RAF Squadrons. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

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[FOOTNOTEFalconer201297-1] 1 2 Falconer 2012, p. 97.

[ABCT-2] "Friston". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[FOOTNOTEHalley198879-3] Halley 1988, p. 79.

[FOOTNOTEHalley198895-4] Halley 1988, p. 95.

[FOOTNOTEHalley1988130-5] Halley 1988, p. 130.

[FOOTNOTELake199922-6] Lake 1999, p. 22.

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