RAF Waterbeach

RAF Waterbeach
Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire in England
1945 aerial photograph
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Coordinates	52°16′28″N 000°11′24″E / 52.27444°N 0.19000°E / 52.27444; 0.19000
Grid reference	TL495665[1]
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command (1941-45) * No. 3 Group RAF[2] RAF Transport Command (1945-50) RAF Fighter Command (1950-) * No. 11 Group RAF[3] RAF Training Command * No. 38 Group RAF[4]
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	11 January 1941 - 2013 (2013)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation	10 metres (33 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) Asphalt 10/28 1,262 metres (4,140 ft) Asphalt 16/34 1,296 metres (4,252 ft) Asphalt

Royal Air Force Waterbeach or more simply RAF Waterbeach is a former Royal Air Force station located in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire which is about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Cambridge, England. The site was transferred to the Royal Engineers, part of the British Army, in 1966, as Waterbeach Barracks.