RAF Appledram

RAF Appledram
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Apuldram, West Sussex
Built	1944
In use	1944-1945
Elevation AMSL	16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	50°48′36″N 000°48′21″W / 50.81000°N 0.80583°WCoordinates: 50°48′36″N 000°48′21″W / 50.81000°N 0.80583°W
Map
RAF Appledram Location in West Sussex
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Sommerfeld Tracking

RAF Appledram is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south west of Chichester, West Sussex and 12.2 miles (19.6 km) east of Portsmouth, Hampshire.^[1]

History

The airfield was used as an Advanced Landing Ground used for Operation Overlord the invasion of continental Europe as part of No 11 Group in Fighter Command.^[2]

Posted units

• No. 175 Squadron RAF.^[3]
• No. 181 Squadron RAF.^[3]
• No. 182 Squadron RAF.^[4]
• No. 302 Squadron RAF.^[5]
• No. 308 Squadron RAF.^[6]
• No. 310 Squadron RAF.^[6]
• No. 312 Squadron RAF.^[7]
• No. 313 Squadron RAF.^[7]
• No. 317 Squadron RAF.^[7]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

1. "RAF Appledram". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
2. "Appledram Airfield". English Heritage - Pastscape. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
3. Jefford 1988, p. 65.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 66.
5. Jefford 1988, p. 84.
6. Jefford 1988, p. 85.
7. Jefford 1988, p. 86.

Bibliography

• Jefford MBE, Wg Cdr 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.