RAF Westhampnett
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It was built as an emergency landing airfield for fighter aircraft, as a satellite station to RAF Tangmere. Built on land belonging to the Goodwood Estate, the then landowner, the Duke of Richmond, Frederick Gordon-Lennox retained the Title Deed to the land.
History
Royal Air Force use
Squadrons
- No. 41 Squadron RAF.,Template:Sfn from RAF Merston 16 December 1941, to RAF Merston 1 April 1942; operating Supermarine Spitfire Vb
- No. 43 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn
- No. 65 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1941)
- No. 91 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1943)
- No. 118 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1943 & 1944)
- No. 124 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1942 & 1944)
- No. 129 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1941 & 1942)
- No. 130 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1944)
- No. 131 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1942-43)
- No. 145 Squadron RAF - operating Hawker Hurricane.Template:Sfn (1940)
- No. 167 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1943)
- No. 174 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1943-44)
- No. 175 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1944)
- No. 184 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1944)
- No. 245 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1943-44)
- No. 302 Polish Fighter SquadronTemplate:Sfn (1940-41)
- No. 303 Polish Fighter SquadronTemplate:Sfn (1944)
- No. 340 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1942)
- No. 350 (Belgian) SquadronTemplate:Sfn (1944)
- No. 402 Squadron RCAFTemplate:Sfn (1944)
- No. 416 Squadron RCAFTemplate:Sfn (1942)
- No. 441 Squadron RCAFTemplate:Sfn (1944)
- No. 442 Squadron RCAFTemplate:Sfn (1944)
- No. 443 Squadron RCAFTemplate:Sfn (1944)
- No. 485 (NZ) Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1943)
- No. 501 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn (1943 & 1944)
- No. 602 Squadron RAF - operating Supermarine SpitfireTemplate:Sfn (1940)
- No. 610 Squadron RAF - operating Supermarine SpitfireTemplate:Sfn (1941, 1943 & 1944)
- No. 614 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn
- No. 616 Squadron RAFTemplate:Sfn
- 787 Naval Air Squadron.[1]Template:Sfn
Units
- No. 83 Group Support Unit during November 1944Template:Sfn
- No. 121 Airfield RAF between October 1943 and April 1944Template:Sfn
- No. 144 (RCAF) Airfield RAF during April 1944Template:Sfn
- No. 402 Air Stores Park between October 1943 and January 1944Template:Sfn
- Detachment of No. 1493 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight between June and July 1943Template:Sfn
- Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Merston/Westhampnett during November 1941Template:Sfn
United States Army Air Forces
- 31st Fighter Group between 1 August 1942 and 8 November 1942.[2]
Current use
Upon its closure by the RAF, Westhampnett airfield subsequently became the Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit and Chichester/Goodwood Airport.
See also
References
Citations
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Bibliography
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- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>Maurer, M. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. USAF Historical Division. Washington D.C., USA: Zenger Publishing Co., Inc, 1980. Template:ISBN.
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External links
- Royal Air Force - Battle of Britain 11 Group page
- Gallery of images of RAF WesthampnettScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Westhampnett
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