RAF Detling

RAF Detling
Detling, Kent in England
RAF Detling station badge, with motto: Dare to be wise
RAF Detling Shown within Kent Show map of Kent RAF Detling RAF Detling (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°18′18″N 000°35′36″E / 51.30500°N 0.59333°E / 51.30500; 0.59333
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	DQ[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command 1938 * No. 6 Group RAF RAF Coastal Command 1938–43 * No. 16 Group RAF RAF Army Cooperation Command 1943 RAF Fighter Command 1943 * No. 11 Group RAF RAF Second Tactical Air Force * No. 83 Group RAF Air Defence of Great Britain
Site history
Built	1937 (1937)/38
In use	September 1938 – October 1959
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation	161 metres (528 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Grass 00/00  Grass 00/00  Grass

Royal Air Force Detling, or more simply RAF Detling, is a former Royal Air Force station situated 600 feet (180 m) above sea level, located near Detling, a village about 4 miles (6.4 km) miles north-east of Maidstone, Kent.

It was a station of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in the First World War and the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War. The airfield suffered several raids by the Luftwaffe, especially during the period of the Battle of Britain.