Advanced Landing Grounds – Serie AAF

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P-47 der USAAF auf ALG AAF-418 in RAF Kingsnorth

Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG) waren zeitweilige vorgeschobene Landeplätze, die von den Alliierten während des Zweiten Weltkriegs für den Feldzug zur Befreiung Europas angelegt wurden.[1]

Serie AAF (Army Air Force)

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Die vorgeschobenen Landeplätze der Serie AAF lagen sämtlich im Vereinigten Königreich und dienten der Vorbereitung für die Invasion auf dem europäischen Kontinent.

USAAF-Code RAF-Station Traditionelle Grafschaft USAAF-Code RAF-Station Traditionelle Grafschaft
AAF-103 RAF Brampton Grange Cambridgeshire AAF-404 RAF Chilbolton Hampshire
AAF-105 RAF Chelveston Northamptonshire AAF-406 RAF Andover Hampshire
AAF-106 RAF Grafton Underwood Northamptonshire AAF-407 RAF Thruxton Hampshire
AAF-111 RAF Thurleigh Bedfordshire AAF-408 RAF Beaulieu Hampshire
AAF-116 RAF Elvedon Hall Suffolk AAF-409 RAF Uxbridge Middlesex
AAF-119 RAF Horsham Norfolk AAF-410 RAF Lashenden Kent
AAF-122 RAF Steeple Morden Hertfordshire AAF-411 RAF High Halden Kent
AAF-133 RAF East Wretham Norfolk AAF-413 RAF Staplehurst Kent
AAF-138 RAF Snetterton Heath Norfolk AAF-414 RAF Winkton Hampshire
AAF-141 RAF Bodney Norfolk AAF-415 RAF Bisterne Hampshire
AAF-149 RAF Birch Essex AAF-416 RAF Christchurch Dorset
AAF-150 RAF Boxted Essex AAF-417 RAF Ashford Kent
AAF-153 RAF Framingham Suffolk AAF-418 RAF Kingsnorth Kent
AAF-154 RAF Gosfield Essex AAF-419 RAF Woodchurch Kent
AAF-157 RAF Raydon Suffolk AAF-425 RAF Scorton Yorkshire
AAF-159 RAF Womingford Essex AAF-438 RAF Brenzett Kent
AAF-160 RAF Marks Hall Essex AAF-449 RAF Middle Wallop Hampshire
AAF-161 RAF Boreham Essex AAF-452 RAF Stoney Cross Hampshire
AAF-162 RAF Chipping Ongar Essex AAF-454 RAF Warmwell Dorset
AAF-164 RAF Great Dunmow Essex AAF-455 RAF Holmsley South Hampshire
AAF-165 RAF Little Walden Essex AAF-465 RAF Chalgrove Oxfordshire
AAF-166 RAF Matching Essex AAF-466 RAF Membury Berkshire
AAF-168 RAF Rivenhall Essex AAF-467 RAF Aldermaston Berkshire
AAF-169 RAF Stansted Essex AAF-468 RAF Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
AAF-170 RAF Wethersfield Essex AAF-471 RAF Keevil Wiltshire
AAF-345 RAF Goxhill Lincolnshire AAF-473 RAF Bristol Gloucestershire
AAF-347 RAF Ibsley Hampshire AAF-485 RAF Andrews Field Essex
AAF-355 RAF Coltishall Norfolk AAF-486 RAF Greenham Common Berkshire
AAF-358 RAF Earls Colne Essex AAF-487 RAF Charmy Down Somerset
AAF-362 RAF Ford Sussex AAF-489 RAF Cottesmore Rutland
AAF-366 RAF Melfield Suffolk AAF-492 RAF Hurn Dorset
AAF-369 RAF Martlesham Heath Suffolk AAF-525 RAF Cranfield Bedfordshire
AAF-373 RAF Leiston Suffolk AAF-551 RAF Lymington Hampshire
AAF-374 RAF Bottisham Cambridgeshire AAF-570 RAF Ayr Ayrshire (Schottland)
AAF-375 RAF Honington Suffolk

Einzelnachweise

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  1. Die wichtigste Quelle ist ein unveränderter und unkommentierter Nachdruck einer maschinengeschriebenen Aufstellung der U.S. Army Air Force, nach Schrifttyp und Bemerkungen zu Schließungsterminen aus dem Juli 1945. Johnson, David C., U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 1988.
  • Johnson, David C., U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Re