RAF Friston

RAF Friston
Friston, East Sussex in England
Site information
Type	Royal Air Force satellite station
Code	FX [1]
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command * No. 11 Group RAF
Location
RAF Friston Shown within East Sussex
Coordinates	50°45′53″N000°10′04″E / 50.76472°N 0.16778°E / 50.76472; 0.16778
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	May 1940 - April 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	108 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

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]

References

Citations

1. Falconer 2012, p. 97.
2. "Friston". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 6 March 2017.
3. Halley 1988, p. 79.
4. Halley 1988, p. 95.
5. Halley 1988, p. 130.
6. 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.