RAF Graveley

RAF Graveley
Graveley, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in England
Handley Page Halifax B.III
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Coordinates	52°15′47″N 000°11′24″W / 52.26306°N 0.19000°W / 52.26306; -0.19000
Type	Royal Air Force Station
Code	GR[1]
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	March 1942 - December 1968 (1968)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	54 metres (177 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 03/21 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete 09/27 1,830 metres (6,004 ft) Concrete 15/33 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete

Royal Air Force Graveley or more simply RAF Graveley is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8 km) south of Huntingdon.^[2] The station was originally intended to operate under No. 3 Group RAF, alongside RAF Tempsford and RAF Gransden Lodge.