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RAF Tangmere | |||||||||
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| Tangmere, West Sussex in England | |||||||||
 Aerial photograph of Tangmere airfield, 10 February 1944 | |||||||||
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  RAF Tangmere Location in West Sussex | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′45″N 000°42′23″W / 50.84583°N 0.70639°W | ||||||||
| Grid reference | SU910060[1] | ||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Sector Station | ||||||||
| Code | RN[2] | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force 1919-20 1925- Royal Flying Corps 1917 U.S. Signal Corps 1918-1919 Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command * No. 11 Group RAF RAF Second Tactical Air Force *No. 84 Group RAF[2] RAF Signals Command 1958-[3] | ||||||||
| Open to the public | Yes | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 25 September 1917 & 1927-30 | ||||||||
| In use | 1917-20 1925 - October 16, 1970 | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | First World War European theatre of World War II | ||||||||
| Events | Battle of Britain | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Past commanders | C. W. Hill | ||||||||
| Designations | Grade II | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Elevation | 15 metres (49 ft)[2] AMSL | ||||||||
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Royal Air Force Tangmere or more simply RAF Tangmere is a former Royal Air Force station located in Tangmere, England, famous for its role in the Battle of Britain.[4]
It was one of several stations near Chichester, West Sussex. The famous Second World War aces Wing Commander Douglas Bader, and the then inexperienced Johnnie Johnson were stationed at Tangmere in 1941.
- ^ Birtles 2012, p. 49.
- ^ a b c Falconer 2012, p. 189.
- ^ Birtles 2012, p. 51.
- ^ Smith, Andrew W. M. (4 March 2018). "Eclipse in the dark years: pick-up flights, routes of resistance and the Free French". European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire. 25 (2): 392–414. doi:10.1080/13507486.2017.1411889. ISSN 1350-7486. S2CID 148856854.
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