RAF Lydd
{{Short description|Former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground in Kent, England}}
{{for|the modern in-use airport|Lydd Airport}}
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| image = Target Dossier for Lydd, Kent, England - DPLA - c6aad08bbfe385470d5f793a5515426e (page 2).jpg
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| caption = RAF Lydd on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1943
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| type = RAF advanced landing ground
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| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Kent
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| ownership = Air Ministry
| operator = Royal Air Force
| controlledby = RAF Second Tactical Air Force
* No. 83 Group RAF
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| built = {{Start date|1943}}
| used = June 1943 - January {{End date|1945}}
| builder = RAF Airfield Construction Service
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Royal Air Force Lydd or more simply RAF Lydd is a former Royal Air Force advanced landing ground located {{Convert|2|mi}} north-west of Lydd, Kent and {{Convert|12.3|mi}} south of Ashford, Kent, England.
History
The following units were here at some point using the advanced landing ground:{{cite web|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/lydd-ii/ |title=Lydd II |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|access-date=1 October 2022}}
- No. 121 Airfield RAF (July - August 1943){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=46}}
- No. 174 Squadron RAF with the Hawker Typhoon IB (July - October 1943){{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=134}}
- No. 175 Squadron RAF with the Hawker Typhoon IB (July - October 1943){{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=134}}
- No. 245 Squadron RAF with the Hawker Typhoon IB (July - October 1943){{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=134}}
- 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.
See also
References
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;Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Falconer|first1=Jonathan|title=RAF Airfields of World War 2 |year=2012 |publisher= Ian Allan Publishing|location= UK|isbn=978-1-85780-349-5}}
- {{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=R.|last2=Hamlin|first2=J.|title=Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912 |year=2007 |publisher= Air-Britain (Historians)|location= UK|isbn=978-0851-3036-59}}
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