RAF Graveley

RAF Graveley is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Huntingdon.[1]

RAF Graveley
Handley Page Halifax B.III
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Graveley, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Built	1941
In use	1942-1968
Elevation AMSL	16 ft / 53 m
Coordinates	52°15′47″N 000°11′24″W
Map
RAF Graveley Location in Cambridgeshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 4,200 1,280 Concrete 09/27 6,000 1,829 Concrete 15/33 4,200 1,280 Concrete

Station history

No. 35 Squadron RAF

The first Squadron to move to Graveley was 35 Sqn (No. XXXV Squadron) RAF in August 1942 using the Handley Page Halifax (which it had used since 1940) it became a pathfinder unit, forming part of No. 8 Group. In March 1944 the squadron re-equipped with the Avro Lancaster.

No. 692 Squadron RAF

692 Sqn was formed on 1 January 1944 at RAF Graveley, equipped with Mosquito IV bombers, as part of the Light Night Striking Force of No. 8 Group RAF in Bomber Command. It reequipped with the Mosquito XVI bombers in March.

No. 227 Squadron RAF

227 Squadron moved to Graveley from Strubby in June 1945, and was disbanded here on 5 September 1945.[2]

In popular culture

Part of the filming for the 1967 movie picture "'Robbery" (which was based on the Great Train Robbery) was filmed at the airfield with a number of exterior shots showing parts of the airfield.[1]

Current use

The airfield is mostly agriculture with a few buildings surviving.[1] A wind farm was built on the site in the 2010s.[3]

References

Citations

1. "RAF Graveley". Control Towers. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
2. "No. 227 Squadron (RAF): Second World War". History of War. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
3. http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/wind_farm_campaigners_will_fight_on_despite_council_ruling_on_noise_nuisance_1_4343982

External links

• http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/692squadron.cfm