RAF Acklington
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The former Royal Air Force Station Acklington, commonly known as RAF Acklington, was a Royal Air Force airfield airbase situated near Acklington, in Northumberland, England.
It was an aerodrome in the Great War (WWI) and known as Royal Flying Corps Station Southfields, before being re-opened on Friday 1 April 1938 as RAF Station Acklington. During World War II it was a fighter station, operating as part of No 13 Group.
The airfield closed in 1972 and is now the site of Acklington and Castington prisons.
[edit] External links
- http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/acklington.html
- http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/13group.html
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Coordinates: 55°17′46″N 1°38′04″W / 55.29611°N 1.63444°W
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