RAF Selsey

RAF Selsey
Selsey, West Sussex in England
Site information
Type	Advanced Landing Ground
Code	ZS
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Second Tactical Air Force
Location
RAF Selsey Shown within West Sussex
Coordinates	50°45′19″N000°46′10″W / 50.75528°N 0.76944°W / 50.75528; -0.76944
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
In use	1943-1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	6 metres (20 ft) [1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface NE/SW 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Sommerfeld Tracking SE/NW 1,189 metres (3,901 ft) Sommerfeld Tracking

Royal Air Force Selsey or more simply RAF Selsey is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located 2 miles north east of Selsey, West Sussex and 5 miles south of Chichester, West Sussex, England.

The following units were here at some point:

• No. 121 Airfield RAF ^[2]
  • No. 65 Squadron RAF (1943) ^[3]
  • No. 245 Squadron RAF (1943) ^[4]
• No. 135 Airfield RAF (renamed No. 135 (Fighter) Wing RAF on 15 May 1944)
  • No. 222 Squadron RAF (1944) ^[5]
  • No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF (1944) ^[6]
  • No. 485 Squadron RNZAF (1944) ^[7]
• No. 145 (French) (Fighter) Wing RAF
  • No. 329 Squadron RAF (1944) ^[8]
  • No. 340 Squadron RAF (1944) ^[8]
  • No. 341 Squadron RAF (1944) ^[6]
• No. 33 Squadron RAF (1944) ^[9]
• No. 74 Squadron RAF (1944) ^[10]
• No. 131 Airfield (Polish) RAF
• No. 421 Repair & Salvage Unit ^[11]
• No. 1316 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment ^[11]
• No. 2731 Squadron RAF Regiment ^[11]
• No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment ^[11]
• No. 2955 Squadron RAF Regiment ^[11]

References

Citations

1. Falconer 1998, p. 78.
2. Ashworth 1985, p. 252.
3. Jefford 1988, p. 45.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 77.
5. Jefford 1988, p. 72.
6. Jefford 1988, p. 88.
7. Jefford 1988, p. 94.
8. Jefford 1988, p. 87.
9. Jefford 1988, p. 36.
10. Jefford 1988, p. 48.
11. "Selsey". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 27 March 2022.

Bibliography

• Ashworth, C (1985). Action Stations: Vol 9. Military airfields of the Central South and South-East. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN   0-85059-608-4.
• Falconer, J (1998). RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN   0-7110-2175-9.
• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN   1-85310-053-6.