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RAF Tangmere | |||||||||
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| Tangmere, West Sussex in England | |||||||||
 Aerial photograph of Tangmere airfield, 10 February 1944 | |||||||||
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  RAF Tangmere Location in West Sussex | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′45″N 000°42′23″W / 50.84583°N 0.70639°W | ||||||||
| Grid reference | SU910060[1] | ||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Sector Station | ||||||||
| Code | RN[2] | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force 1919-20 1925- Royal Flying Corps 1917 U.S. Signal Corps 1918-1919 Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command * No. 11 Group RAF RAF Second Tactical Air Force *No. 84 Group RAF[2] RAF Signals Command 1958-[3] | ||||||||
| Open to the public | Yes | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 25 September 1917 & 1927-30 | ||||||||
| In use | 1917-20 1925 - October 16, 1970 | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | First World War European theatre of the Second World War | ||||||||
| Events | Battle of Britain | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Past commanders | C. W. Hill | ||||||||
| Designations | Grade II | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Elevation | 15 metres (49 ft)[2] AMSL | ||||||||
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Royal Air Force Tangmere or more simply RAF Tangmere is a former Royal Air Force station located in Tangmere, England, famous for its role in the Battle of Britain.[4]
It was one of several stations near Chichester, West Sussex. The Second World War aces Wing Commander Douglas Bader, and the then inexperienced Johnnie Johnson were stationed at Tangmere in 1941.
- ^ Birtles 2012, p. 49.
- ^ a b c Falconer 2012, p. 189.
- ^ Birtles 2012, p. 51.
- ^ Smith, Andrew W. M. (4 March 2018). "Eclipse in the dark years: pick-up flights, routes of resistance and the Free French". European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire. 25 (2): 392–414. doi:10.1080/13507486.2017.1411889. ISSN 1350-7486. S2CID 148856854.