RAF Harrington

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RAF Harrington USAAF Station 179
Kettering, Northamptonshire in England
Aerial photograph of Harrington airfield looking north, the main runway runs vertically, 22 April 1944. Note the many aircraft of the 801st Bombardment Group on the various hardstands, also one appearing to be taking off on the main runway.
RAF Harrington Shown within Northamptonshire Show map of Northamptonshire RAF Harrington RAF Harrington (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	52°23′34″N 000°51′43″W / 52.39278°N 0.86194°W / 52.39278; -0.86194
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	HR[1]
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command * No. 92 (OTU) Group RAF Eighth Air Force
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
Built by	826th & 852nd Engineer Battalions, US Army
In use	9 November 1943 – 1945, 1958 – 23 January 1963 (1963)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation	158 metres (518 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete

Royal Air Force Harrington or more simply RAF Harrington is a former Royal Air Force station in England about 5.6 miles (9.0 km) west of Kettering in Northamptonshire south of the village of Harrington off the A14 road. During the early Cold War it was a Thor missile site, designed to deliver atomic warheads to the Soviet Union. The nuclear missile site is now protected as a Grade II listed building as an example of Cold War architecture.