Airport type Military In use 1943-1963 0 0 Operator Royal Air Force | Location Mepal, Cambridgeshire 08/26 0 Year built 1942 | |
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Owner Air Ministry/Ministry of Defence | ||
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. Construction commenced in July 1942 and opened in June 1943.
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History
Mepal first hosted No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF flying Short Stirlings and later Avro Lancasters.
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.
Thor missiles
From 1957 PGM-17 Thor missiles were based at the airfield in the north east corner.
References
RAF Mepal Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA