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RAF Kings Cliffe USAAF Station 367 | |||||||||||
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Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire in England | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°34′13″N 000°28′57″W / 52.57028°N 0.48250°W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force Satellite Station | ||||||||||
Code | KC | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces 1943- | ||||||||||
Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-43 & 1943 | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1940 | /41||||||||||
Built by | George Wimpey & Co Ltd | ||||||||||
In use | October 1941 - January 1959 | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 76 metres (249 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Kings Cliffe or more simply RAF Kings Cliffe is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, 12 miles (19 km) west of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The airfield was built with hard-surfaced runways and a perimeter track, these were extended early in 1943.