RAF Medmenham

RAF Medmenham
Medmenham, Buckinghamshire in England
Danesfield House, the wartime home of RAF Medmenham
RAF Medmenham is located in Buckinghamshire
RAF Medmenham
RAF Medmenham
Shown within Buckinghamshire
Coordinates51°33′10″N 0°49′25″W / 51.55278°N 0.82361°W / 51.55278; -0.82361
TypeRoyal Air Force station
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byAllied Central Interpretation Unit
Site history
Built1941 (1941)
In use1941-1977 (1977)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Cold War
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Peter Stewart, Francis Cator, Douglas Kendall

RAF Medmenham is a former Royal Air Force station based at Danesfield House near Medmenham, in Buckinghamshire, England. Activities there specialised in photographic intelligence, and it was once the home of the RAF Intelligence Branch. During the Second World War, RAF Medmenham was the main interpretation centre for photographic reconnaissance operations in the European and Mediterranean theatres.