RAF Mepal
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Owner | Air Ministry/Ministry of Defence | ||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||
| Location | Mepal, Cambridgeshire | ||
| Built | 1942 | ||
| In use | 1943-1963 | ||
| Coordinates | 52°23′44″N 000°07′22″W / 52.39556°N 0.12278°W | ||
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 Mepal Airfield | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 08/26 | 0 | 0 | Concrete |
| 05/23 | 0 | 0 | Concrete |
| 14/32 | 0 | 0 | Concrete |
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RAF Mepal is a former RAF station located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) south of Mepal, Cambridgeshire, England and 5.9 miles (9.5 km) west of Ely. It was an "expansion" airfield whose construction commenced in July 1942 and opened in June 1943.[1][2]
History[]
Mepal first hosted No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF flying Short Stirlings and later Avro Lancasters.[3]
Tiger Force[]
It was used towards the end of the Second World War to prepare Avro Lancaster bombers squadrons such as No. 44 (Rhodesia) squadron for use in Tiger Force which was to bomb Japan.[4]
Thor missiles[]
From 1957 PGM-17 Thor missiles were based at the airfield in the north east corner.[1][5]
Current use[]
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References[]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Bomber Command - Mepal". Ministry of Defence - Royal Air Force. http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s42.html. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ↑ "Mepal". Control Towers. http://www.controltowers.co.uk/M/Mepal.htm. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ↑ "Mepal". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/mepal. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ↑ "RAF Mepal". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-M.htm#Mepal. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ↑ "RAF Mepal Thor Missile Site". English Heritage - Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1156384&sort=4&search=all&criteria=aircraft. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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