RAF Lydd

RAF Lydd
Lydd, Kent in England
RAF Lydd on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1943
Site information
Type	RAF advanced landing ground
Code	LD[1]
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Second Tactical Air Force * No. 83 Group RAF
Location
RAF Lydd Shown within Kent Show map of Kent RAF Lydd RAF Lydd (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°58′09″N 000°52′18″E / 50.96917°N 0.87167°E / 50.96917; 0.87167
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
Built by	RAF Airfield Construction Service
In use	June 1943 - January 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	1 metre (3 ft 3 in)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Sommerfeld tracking 00/00  Sommerfeld tracking

Royal Air Force Lydd or more simply RAF Lydd is a former Royal Air Force advanced landing ground located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Lydd, Kent and 12.3 miles (19.8 km) south of Ashford, Kent, England.

History

The following units were here at some point using the advanced landing ground:^[2]

• No. 121 Airfield Headquarters RAF (July - August 1943)^[3]
  • No. 174 (Mauritius) Squadron RAF with the Hawker Typhoon IB (July - October 1943)^[1]
  • No. 175 Squadron RAF with the Hawker Typhoon IB (July - October 1943)^[1]
  • No. 245 (Northern Rhodesian) Squadron RAF with the Hawker Typhoon IB (July - October 1943)^[1]
• No. 2794 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2845 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2889 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2891 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 3205 Servicing Commando
• No. 3206 Servicing Commando

Current use

The site has reverted to farmland and has no connection with the current Lydd Airport which is located to the east of Lydd.^[2]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Falconer, Jonathan (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.