RAF New Romney

RAF New Romney
RAF Honeychild^[1]
RAF New Romney; RAF Honeychild;
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	New Romney, Kent
Built	1943
In use	1943-1944
Elevation AMSL	3 ft 3 in ft / 1 m
Coordinates	51°00′09″N 000°56′39″E / 51.00250°N 0.94417°E
Map
	RAF New Romney Location in Kent
Runways

Royal Air Force New Romney or more simply RAF New Romney is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located 3.9 miles (6.3 km) north east of Lydd, Kent, England.

History

No. 124 Airfield^[1]
No. 181 Squadron RAF flying Hawker Typhoon IB's from 3 July 1943 until 8 October 1943^[2]
No. 182 Squadron RAF flying Hawker Typhoon IB's from 2 July 1943 until 12 October 1943 with a detachment at RAF Wigtown^[3]
No. 247 Squadron RAF flying Hawker Typhoon IB's firstly from 10 July 1943 until 7 August 1943 then again from 13 August 1943 until 11 October 1943^[4]

The site is now used for farming and little remains of the landing ground.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "New Romney II". Airfields of Britain Conversation Trust. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 65.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 66.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 77.

Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.