RAF Graveley | |||
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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 / 52.26306°N 0.19°WCoordinates: 52°15′47″N 000°11′24″W / 52.26306°N 0.19°W | ||
Map | |||
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 |
RAF Graveley is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Huntingdon.[1]
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. 629 Squadron RAF[]
629 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.
In popular culture[]
Part of the filming for the 1967 movie picture "'Robbery" (which was based on the 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]
References[]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "RAF Graveley". Control Towers. http://www.controltowers.co.uk/G/Graveley.htm. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
External links[]
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