RAF Wratting Common

52°07′30″N 000°24′05″E / 52.12500°N 0.40139°E / 52.12500; 0.40139TypeRoyal Air Force substationCodeWW^[1]Site informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Bomber Command
* No. 3 Group RAF
* No. 7 (T) Group RAFSite historyBuilt1942 (1942)/43In useMay 1943 - April 1946 (1946)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield informationElevation119 metres (390 ft)^[1] AMSL

Runways
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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

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.