RAF Wratting Common

RAF Wratting Common RAF West Wickham
Withersfield, Suffolk in England
Site information
Type	Royal Air Force substation
Code	WW [1]
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command * No. 3 Group RAF * No. 7 (T) Group RAF
Location
RAF Wratting Common Shown within Cambridgeshire
Coordinates	52°07′30″N000°24′05″E / 52.12500°N 0.40139°E / 52.12500; 0.40139
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)/43
In use	May 1943 - April 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	119 metres (390 ft) [1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00 {{{r1-length}}}  Concrete 00/00 {{{r2-length}}} Concrete 00/00 {{{r3-length}}} Concrete

Royal Air Force (RAF) Wratting Common is a former Royal Air Force substation near Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

Units

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

• No. 24 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
• No. 90 Squadron RAF between May and October 1943 with the Short Stirling III and the Avro Lancasters I and III ^[1]
• No. 195 Squadron RAF between November 1944 and August 1945 with the Lancasters I and III ^[1]
• No. 116 Storage Sub Site of No. 273 Maintenance Unit RAF between July 1946 and September 1947 ^[3]
• No. 2 Section of No. 1552 Radio Aids Training Flight between March and July 1946 ^[4]
• No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF between November 1943 and November 1944 ^[5]

References

Citations

1. Falconer 2012, p. 219.
2. "Wratting Common (West Wickham)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 17 August 2018.
3. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 184.
4. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 127.
5. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 97.

Bibliography

• Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN   978-1-85780-349-5.
• Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN   978-0851-3036-59.