RAF Friston

RAF Friston
Friston, East Sussex in England
RAF Friston Shown within East Sussex
Coordinates	50°45′53″N 000°10′04″E / 50.76472°N 0.16778°E / 50.76472; 0.1677850°45′53″N 000°10′04″E / 50.76472°N 0.16778°E / 50.76472; 0.16778
Type	Emergency Landing Ground
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	1941-1946 (1946)
Airfield information
Elevation	99 metres (325 ft) AMSL

Royal Air Force Friston or more simply RAF Friston is a former Royal Air Force station located in East Sussex, England.

Units[]

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• No. 32 Squadron RAF, two visits between 14 June 1942 and 20 August 1942 with Hawker Hurricanes.^[2]
• No. 41 Squadron RAF, three visits between 27 May 1943 and 11 July 1944 with Supermarine Spitfires.^[3]
• No. 64 Squadron RAF between 7 August 1943 and 19 August 1943 with Spitfires.^[4]
• No. 131 Squadron RAF
• No. 253 Squadron RAF Its Spitfires arrived on 13 June 1942 [5]
• No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron
• No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron
• No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron
• No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF Arrived on 22 October 1943 [5]
• No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF
• No. 411 Squadron RCAF
• No. 412 Squadron RCAF Squadron Detachments with Spitfires there from November 1942 to January 1943, before the squadron arrived on 21 June 1943 with Spitfire Mk. Vb aircraft [5]
• No. 501 Squadron RAF
• No. 610 Squadron RAF
• No. 666 Squadron RAF Its Auster aircraft appeared on 18 April 1945 and stayed a little over a month [5]
• No. 7 Fighter Command Servicing Unit - arrived in early 1945 [5]
• No. 2720 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2727 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2751 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2762 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2792 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2793 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2803 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2807 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2846 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2851 Squadron RAF Regiment
• Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Shoreham/Friston/Shoreham (1941) became 'C' Flight, No. 277 Squadron RAF ^[5]

References[]

Citations[]

Bibliography[]

• Halley, J.J. (1988). RAF Squadrons. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.