RAF Wratting Common
| RAF Wratting Common RAF West Wickham  | |||||||||||
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| Withersfield, Suffolk in England | |||||||||||
  RAF Wratting Common Shown within Cambridgeshire
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| Coordinates | 52°07′30″N 000°24′05″E | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force substation | ||||||||||
| Code | WW | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by |
RAF Bomber Command * No. 3 Group RAF * No. 7 (T) Group RAF |
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| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1942/43 | ||||||||||
| In use | May 1943 - April 1946 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
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| Elevation | 119 metres (390 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Wratting Common, or more simply RAF Wratting Common, is a former Royal Air Force substation located near Newmarket, Suffolk, UK.
History
The following units were here at some point:
- No. 24 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
- No. 90 Squadron RAF between May and October 1943 with the Short Stirling III and the Avro Lancaster I & III
- No. 195 Squadron RAF between November 1944 and August 1945 with the Lancaster I & III
- No. 116 Storage Sub Site of No. 273 Maintenance Unit RAF between July 1946 and September 1947
- No. 2 Section of No. 1552 Radio Aids Training Flight between March and July 1946
- No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF between November 1943 and November 1944