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| Chelveston, Northamptonshire in England | |||||||||||
 Aerial photograph of RAF Chelveston, oriented north, 9 May 1944 | |||||||||||
.svg)  RAF Chelveston Shown within Northamptonshire  RAF Chelveston RAF Chelveston (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°18′06″N 000°32′00″W / 52.30167°N 0.53333°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | Eighth Air Force | ||||||||||
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| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1940 - 1962 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Chelveston or more simply RAF Chelveston is a former Royal Air Force station located on the south side of the B645 (former A45 road), 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Wellingborough, near the village of Chelveston in Northamptonshire, England. During the Second World War the airfield was occupied by both the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces. It was given the USAAF designation Station 105.
During the Cold War, Chelveston housed some flying units but its main role was that of a readiness station to receive USAF units from the United States in case of an emergency. In the mid-1970s, the majority of the airfield was sold by the Ministry of Defence to private landholders, with the exception of a military housing area occupied by U.S. service members assigned to RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth.