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Royal Air Force Headcorn
or more commonly known as
RAF Headcorn
is a former
Royal Air Force
Advanced Landing Ground
located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of
Headcorn
,
Kent
,
England
.
Opened in 1943, Headcorn was a prototype for the temporary
Advanced Landing Ground
airfields to be built in France after D-Day, when the need for advanced landing fields became urgent as the Allied forces moved east across France and Germany. It was used by the
Royal Air Force
and the
United States Army Air Forces
. It was closed in September 1944 and has now reverted to farmland.
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Two Canadian squadrons,
403 Squadron RCAF
and
421 Squadron RCAF
, were based at Headcorn from August to November 1943 with
Supermarine Spitfire
IXB's.
The following units were also here at some point:
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References
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Citations
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Bibliography
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- 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
.
- Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007).
Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912
. UK: Air-Britain (Historians).
ISBN
978-0851-3036-59
.
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