RAF Kings Cliffe

RAF Kings Cliffe
USAAF Station 367
Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire in England
Kings Cliffe Airfield - 16 January 1947
RAF Kings Cliffe is located in Northamptonshire
RAF Kings Cliffe
RAF Kings Cliffe
Shown within Northamptonshire
Coordinates52°34′13″N 000°28′57″W / 52.57028°N 0.48250°W / 52.57028; -0.48250
TypeRoyal Air Force Satellite Station
CodeKC
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces 1943-
Controlled byRAF Fighter Command
1941-43 & 1943
Site history
Built1940 (1940)/41
Built byGeorge Wimpey & Co Ltd
In useOctober 1941 - January 1959 (1959)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation76 metres (249 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
NE/SE  Concrete
E/W  Concrete
N/S  Concrete
RAF ace Johnnie Johnson climbing out of the cockpit of his Spitfire at Kings Cliffe, 1941
Lockheed P-38J Lightning of the 79th Fighter Squadron
North American P-51D-20-NA Mustang Serial 44-72519 of the 77th Fighter Squadron

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.

  1. ^ Falconer 1998, p. 56.