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Royal Air Force Station Little Staughton, more commonly referred to as RAF Little Staughton, is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) military airbase situated to the south-east of Little Staughton in the county of Huntingdonshire, a few miles east of Bedford and west-northwest of St Neots.
Layout
[edit]RAF Little Staughton consisted of three concrete runways, conforming to the usual Class A airfield specifications, with twenty-seven hardstandings and two hangars (types B1 and T2). The runways were all 50 yards wide and were in length.
History
[edit]Second World War
[edit]Built in 1942, it was commissioned by the USAAF in 1942.
Post-war and up to the present day
[edit]References
[edit]http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/littlestaughton.html http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=12497 http://www.controltowers.co.uk/L/LittleStaughton.htm
Category:Royal Air Force stations in Huntingdonshire
Category:Royal Air Force stations in England
Category:Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
Category:History of Cambridgeshire
Category:Transport in Huntingdonshire