RAF Graveley

RAF Graveley
Handley Page Halifax B.III
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		Disused RAF Airfield
Location		Graveley, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Elevation AMSL		16 ft / 53 m
Coordinates		52°15′47″N 000°11′24″W
Map
RAF Graveley Location in Cambridgeshire
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
03/21	4,200	1,280
09/27	6,000	1,829
15/33	4,200	1,280

RAF Graveley was a heavy bomber airfield during World War II, located near Huntingdon.

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  35 Squadron RAF "Pathfinders"

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  No. 692 Squadron RAF Light Night Striking Force

35 Sqn RAF

Main article: No. XXXV Squadron RAF

The first Squadron to move to Graveley was 35 Sqn (No. XXXV Squadron) RAF in August 1942 using the Handley Page Halifax (which it had used since 1940) it became a pathfinder unit, forming part of No. 8 Group. In March 1944 the squadron re-equipped with the Avro Lancaster.

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  Drawings of the Halifax bomber

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  A side on view of a Halifax belonging to 462 Sqn RAF

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  Lancasters raiding Hamburg

629 Sqn RAF

Main article: No. 692 Squadron RAF

629 Sqn was formed on 1 January 1944 at RAF Graveley, equipped with Mosquito IV bombers, as part of the Light Night Striking Force of No. 8 Group RAF in Bomber Command. It reequipped with the Mosquito XVI bombers in March.

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  de Havilland Mosquito's line up

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  Bombing up

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  Warming up prior to take off

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  Start up checks

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  Two Mosquitos in quiet part of an airfield