RAF Santacruz | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
In use | 1942–1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 37 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°05′19″N 072°52′05″E / 19.08861°N 72.86806°E | ||||||||||||||||||
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A 1945-46 photo of RAF Santacruz taken from the air showing its three runways |
Royal Air Force Santacruz or more simply RAF Santacruz was a Royal Air Force station in Bombay (now called Mumbai), then British India which saw extensive use in the Second World War.