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.pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Sussex_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="RAF Tangmere is located in West Sussex"><img alt="RAF Tangmere is located in West Sussex" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/West_Sussex_UK_location_map.svg/250px-West_Sussex_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/West_Sussex_UK_location_map.svg/375px-West_Sussex_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=RAF_Tangmere&params=50_50_45_N_000_42_23_W_region:GB_type:airport">50°50′45″N 000°42′23″W / 50.84583°N 0.70639°W / 50.84583; -0.70639</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Grid_reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Grid reference">Grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data">SU910060<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBirtles201249-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Royal Air Force Sector Station</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Code</th><td class="infobox-data">RN<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFalconer2012189-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> 1919-20 1925- <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> 1917 <a href="/wiki/Aviation_Section,_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps">U.S. Signal Corps</a> 1918-1919 <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">RAF Fighter Command</a> * <a href="/wiki/No._11_Group_RAF" title="No. 11 Group RAF">No. 11 Group RAF</a> <a href="/wiki/RAF_Second_Tactical_Air_Force" title="RAF Second Tactical Air Force">RAF Second Tactical Air Force</a> *<a href="/wiki/No._84_Group_RAF" title="No. 84 Group RAF">No. 84 Group RAF</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFalconer2012189-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/RAF_Signals_Command" title="RAF Signals Command">RAF Signals Command</a> 1958-<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBirtles201251-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Open to the public</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">25 September 1917 (1917) & 1927-30</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1917-20 1925 - October 16, 1970 (1970-10-16)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> <a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">European theatre of the Second World War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Events</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Garrison information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Past commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/C._W._Hill" title="C. W. Hill">C. W. Hill</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Designations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Listed_building#Categories_of_listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">15 metres (49 ft)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFalconer2012189-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">AMSL</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #ddd"> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 1px 0;">Runways</th> </tr><tr style="background-color: #ddd; text-align: left;"> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 25%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 0;padding:1px 2px;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Orientation_and_dimensions" title="Runway">Direction</a></th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 75%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 0 0 1px;padding:1px 2px;">Length and surface</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">07/25</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,828.75 metres (6,000 ft) <a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">Concrete</a></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">17/35</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,463 metres (4,800 ft) Concrete</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> Royal Air Force Tangmere or more simply RAF Tangmere is a former <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> station located in <a href="/wiki/Tangmere" title="Tangmere">Tangmere</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, famous for its role in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Smith2018-4">[4]</a> It was one of several stations near <a href="/wiki/Chichester" title="Chichester">Chichester</a>, West Sussex. The Second World War <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">aces</a> <a href="/wiki/Wing_Commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing Commander (rank)">Wing Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Bader" title="Douglas Bader">Douglas Bader</a>, and the then inexperienced <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Johnson_(RAF_officer)" title="Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)">Johnnie Johnson</a> were stationed at Tangmere in 1941. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First World War">edit</a>]</div> The aerodrome was founded in 1917 for use by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> as a training base. In 1918 it was turned over to the <a href="/wiki/Aviation_Section,_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps">Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps</a> (USSC) as a training ground, and continued as such until the end of the Great War in November of that year, after which the airfield was mothballed in 1919.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Additional units: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._14_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 14 Squadron RAF">No. 14 Squadron RAF</a> during 1919<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198828-6">[6]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._32_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 32 Squadron RAF">No. 32 Squadron RAF</a> during 1919<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198835-7">[7]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._40_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 40 Squadron RAF">No. 40 Squadron RAF</a> during 1919<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198838-8">[8]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 41 Squadron RAF">No. 41 Squadron RAF</a> during 1919<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198838-8">[8]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._82_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 82 Squadron RAF">No. 82 (United Provinces) Squadron RAF</a> during 1919 <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198850-9">[9]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._84_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 84 Squadron RAF">No. 84 Squadron RAF</a> during 1919<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198850-9">[9]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._91_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 91 Squadron RAF">No. 91 (Nigeria) Squadron RAF</a> during 1918-19<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198852-10">[10]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._92_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 92 Squadron RAF">No. 92 (East India) Squadron RAF</a> during 1918<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198852-10">[10]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._93_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 93 Squadron RAF">No. 93 Squadron RAF</a> during 1918<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198852-10">[10]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._148_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 148 Squadron RAF">No. 148 Squadron RAF</a> during 1919<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198862-11">[11]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._207_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 207 Squadron RAF">No. 207 Squadron RAF</a> during 1919<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198869-12">[12]</a></li> <li>No. 40 Training Squadron (1916)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007277-13">[13]</a></li> <li>No. 61 Training Depot Station (1918-19)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007275-14">[14]</a> became No. 61 Training Squadron (1919)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007278-15">[15]</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inter-War_Years">Inter-War Years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Inter-War Years">edit</a>]</div> In 1925 the station re-opened to serve the RAF's Royal Flying Corps, and went operational in 1926 with <a href="/wiki/No._43_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 43 Squadron RAF">No. 43 Squadron</a> equipped with biplane <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gamecock" title="Gloster Gamecock">Gloster Gamecocks</a> (there is a row of houses located near the museum entrance called Gamecock Terrace).<a href="#cite_note-TangmereByron-16">[16]</a> As war threatened in the late 1930s, the <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> based at Tangmere became faster, with <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Fury" title="Hawker Fury">Hawker Furies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator" title="Gloster Gladiator">Gloster Gladiators</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricanes</a> all being used. In 1934, Squadron Leader <a href="/wiki/C_W_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="C W Hill">C W Hill</a>, a famous First World War prisoner-of-war escaper, commanded No. 1 Fighter Squadron at RAF Tangmere. Two years later, as a Wing Commander, he became the station commander. Additional units: <ul><li>Coastal Area Storage Unit (1925-28)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin200792-17">[17]</a></li> <li>1 Squadron between 1927-39<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198823-18">[18]</a></li> <li>43 Squadron between 1926-39<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198839-19">[19]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second World War">edit</a>]</div> In a memoir, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Townsend_(RAF_officer)" title="Peter Townsend (RAF officer)">Peter Townsend</a> (noted Battle of Britain pilot and, post-war, romantically linked with <a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaret,_Countess_of_Snowdon" title="Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon">Princess Margaret</a>), recounts the arrival of <a href="/wiki/No._605_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 605 Squadron RAF">605 Squadron</a> at Tangmere, just before the outbreak of war. Townsend says that <blockquote>Things hummed at Tangmere Cottage, just opposite the guard room, where <a href="/wiki/John_Verney,_20th_Baron_Willoughby_de_Broke" title="John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke">[605's commanding officer John Willoughby de Broke and his wife Rachel]</a> kept open house. There we spent wild evenings, drinking, singing, dancing to romantic tunes . . . we danced blithely, relentlessly towards catastrophe. . . . With one chance in five of survival - not counting the burnt and the wounded - only a handful of us would come through.</blockquote> In 1939 the airfield was enlarged to defend the south coast against attack by the <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>, with Tangmere's only hotel and some houses being demolished in the process. The RAF commandeered the majority of houses in the centre of the village, with only six to eight families being allowed to stay. The village would not resume its status as a civilian community until 1966. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Supermarine_Spitfire_of_Fighter_Command.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Supermarine_Spitfire_of_Fighter_Command.jpg/220px-Supermarine_Spitfire_of_Fighter_Command.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Supermarine_Spitfire_of_Fighter_Command.jpg/330px-Supermarine_Spitfire_of_Fighter_Command.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Supermarine_Spitfire_of_Fighter_Command.jpg/440px-Supermarine_Spitfire_of_Fighter_Command.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="546" /></a><figcaption>A line of Supermarine Spitfire Mark VBs of No. 131 Squadron RAF, being prepared for a sweep at Merston, a satellite airfield of Tangmere</figcaption></figure> In August 1940 the first squadron (<a href="/wiki/No._602_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 602 Squadron RAF">No. 602 Squadron RAF</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfires</a> was based at the satellite airfield at nearby Westhampnett, as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> began. By now the villagers had mainly been evacuated, and extensive ranges of RAF buildings had sprung up.<a href="#cite_note-Saunders-20">[20]</a> The first, and worst, enemy raid on the station came on 16 August 1940 when hundreds of <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87" title="Junkers Ju 87">Junkers Ju 87</a> (Stuka) <a href="/wiki/Dive_bombers" class="mw-redirect" title="Dive bombers">dive bombers</a> and fighters crossed the English coast and attacked Tangmere. There was extensive damage to buildings and aircraft on the ground and 14 ground staff and six civilians were killed. However the station was kept in service and brought back into full operation. Throughout the war, the station was used by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Special_Duty_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Air Force Special Duty Service">Royal Air Force Special Duty Service</a> when <a href="/wiki/No._161_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 161 Squadron RAF">161 (Special Duty) Squadron's</a> <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lysander" title="Westland Lysander">Westland Lysander</a> flight came down to do their insertion and pick-up operations into occupied Europe. The <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Executive" title="Special Operations Executive">SOE</a> used Tangmere Cottage, opposite the main entrance to the base to house and receive their agents.<a href="#cite_note-Saunders-20">[20]</a> Today the cottage sports a commemorative plaque to its former secret life. Later in the war, as the RAF turned from defence to attack, Group Captain Douglas Bader, the legless fighter ace, commanded the Tangmere wing of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">Fighter Command</a>. Today he is commemorated by a plaque outside the former Bader Arms <a href="/wiki/Pub" title="Pub">public house</a>, now a <a href="/wiki/Co-op_Food" title="Co-op Food">Co-operative Food</a> outlet in the village. <a href="/wiki/No._616_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 616 Squadron RAF">616 Squadron</a>, which included Johnnie Johnson and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dundas" title="Hugh Dundas">Hugh Dundas</a>, arrived at Tangmere in late February 1941.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Johnson went on to become the highest scoring <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Western Allied</a> fighter ace against the Luftwaffe. For D-Day, the RAF created Airfield Headquarters units which transformed into wings to control multiple similar squadrons for offensive actions for eventual use in mainland Europe. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._23_Wing_RAF" title="No. 23 Wing RAF">No. 23 (Fighter) Wing RAF</a> (1944) controlling:<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007288-22">[22]</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._146_Airfield_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 146 Airfield RAF (page does not exist)">No. 146 Airfield RAF</a> (January 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin200746-23">[23]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._183_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 183 Squadron RAF">No. 183 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF</a> with the Typhoon Ib during 1943 & 44<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198866-24">[24]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._197_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 197 Squadron RAF">No. 197 Squadron RAF</a> with the Typhoon Ib during 1943 & 44<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198867-25">[25]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._257_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 257 Squadron RAF">No. 257 (Burma) Squadron RAF</a> with the Typhoon Ib during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198879-26">[26]</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._126_Airfield_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 126 Airfield RAF">No. 126 Airfield RAF</a> (May 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin200746-23">[23]</a> became <a href="/wiki/No._126_Wing_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 126 Wing RAF">No. 126 (RCAF) (Fighter) Wing RAF</a> (May - June 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007295-27">[27]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="401 Tactical Fighter Squadron">No. 401 (Ram) Squadron RCAF</a> with the Spitfire IXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198889-28">[28]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._411_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 411 Squadron RCAF">No. 411 (Grizzly Bear) Squadron RCAF</a> with the Spitfire IXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198890-29">[29]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412_Transport_Squadron" title="412 Transport Squadron">No. 412 (Falcon) Squadron RCAF</a> with the Spitfire Vb & IXb during 1942 & 44<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198890-29">[29]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._127_Airfield_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 127 Airfield RAF">No. 127 Airfield RAF</a> (April - May 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin200746-23">[23]</a> became <a href="/wiki/No._127_Wing_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 127 Wing RAF">No. 127 (RCAF) (Fighter) Wing RAF</a> (May - June 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007295-27">[27]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/403_Helicopter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron">No. 403 (Wolf) Squadron RCAF</a> with the Spitfire IXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198889-28">[28]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="416 Tactical Fighter Squadron">No. 416 (City of Oshawa) Squadron RCAF</a> with the Spitfire IXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198890-29">[29]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._421_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 421 Squadron RCAF">No. 421 (Red Indian) Squadron RCAF</a> with the Spitfire IXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198890-29">[29]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._132_Wing_RAF" title="No. 132 Wing RAF">No. 132 (Norwegian) (Fighter) Wing RAF</a> (June - July 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007295-27">[27]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._66_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 66 Squadron RAF">No. 66 Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire Vb, Vc & LFIXb during 1942 & 44<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198845-30">[30]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._127_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 127 Squadron RAF">No. 127 Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire LFIXe during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198859-31">[31]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._331_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 331 Squadron RAF">No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire IXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198887-32">[32]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._332_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 332 Squadron RAF">No. 332 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire IXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198887-32">[32]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._134_Wing_RAF" title="No. 134 Wing RAF">No. 134 (Czech) (Fighter) Wing RAF</a> (June - July 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007295-27">[27]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._33_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 33 Squadron RAF">No. 33 Squadron RAF</a> with the Sptifire LFIXe during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198836-33">[33]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._74_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 74 Squadron RAF">No. 74 (Trinidad) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire LFIXe during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198848-34">[34]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._127_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 127 Squadron RAF">No. 127 Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire LFIXe during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198859-31">[31]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._310_Squadron_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 310 Squadron RAF">No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire LFIX during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198885-35">[35]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._312_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF">No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire HFIX during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198886-36">[36]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._313_Squadron_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 313 Squadron RAF">No. 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire IX during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198886-36">[36]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._135_Wing_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 135 Wing RAF">No. 135 (Fighter) Wing RAF</a> (August 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007295-27">[27]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 222 Squadron RAF">No. 222 (Natal) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire LFIXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198873-37">[37]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/349th_Squadron_(Belgium)" title="349th Squadron (Belgium)">No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire LFIXe during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198888-38">[38]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._485_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 485 Squadron RNZAF">No. 485 (NZ) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire IXe during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198894-39">[39]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._145_Wing_RAF" title="No. 145 Wing RAF">No. 145 (French) (Fighter) Wing RAF</a> (August 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007296-40">[40]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._74_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 74 Squadron RAF">No. 74 (Trinidad) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire LFIXe during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198848-34">[34]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._329_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 329 Squadron RAF">No. 329 (GC I/2 'Cicognes') Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire IX during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198887-32">[32]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._340_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 340 Squadron RAF">No. 340 (GC IV/2 'IIe de France) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire IXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198887-32">[32]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._341_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 341 Squadron RAF">No. 341 (G.C.III/2 'Alsace') Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire IXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198888-38">[38]</a></li></ul></li></ul></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Andrew%27s_Tangmere_5.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/St_Andrew%27s_Tangmere_5.JPG/220px-St_Andrew%27s_Tangmere_5.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/St_Andrew%27s_Tangmere_5.JPG/330px-St_Andrew%27s_Tangmere_5.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/St_Andrew%27s_Tangmere_5.JPG/440px-St_Andrew%27s_Tangmere_5.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>German (right) and Commonwealth pilot graves at <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Tangmere" title="St Andrew's Church, Tangmere">St Andrew's Church, Tangmere</a>; the large tombstone is a memorial to pilots lost at sea.</figcaption></figure> Many of those killed at the base, from both sides in conflict, are buried in the cemetery at <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Tangmere" title="St Andrew's Church, Tangmere">St Andrew's Church, Tangmere</a>, today tended by the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission" title="Commonwealth War Graves Commission">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> RAF pilot <a href="/wiki/Billy_Fiske" title="Billy Fiske">Billy Fiske</a> who died at Tangmere in 1940 was one of the first American aviators to die during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-TangmereByron-16">[16]</a> Defensive units (1939-41): <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li>1 Squadron during 1940 & 41<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198823-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._17_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 17 Squadron RAF">No. 17 Squadron RAF</a> with the Hurricane during 1940<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198830-41">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._42_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 42 Squadron RAF">No. 42 Squadron RAF</a> detachment during 1938<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198839-19">[19]</a></li> <li>43 Squadron during 1940<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198839-19">[19]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._65_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 65 Squadron RAF">No. 65 (East India) Squadron RAF</a> with the Sptifire during 1940 & 41<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198845-30">[30]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._72_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 72 Squadron RAF">No. 72 Squadron RAF</a> during 1937<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198847-42">[42]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 87 Squadron RAF">No. 87 (United Provinces) Squadron RAF</a> during 1937<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198851-43">[43]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._92_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 92 Squadron RAF">No. 92 (East India) Squadron RAF</a> during 1939<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198852-10">[10]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._145_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 145 Squadron RAF">No. 145 Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire I, IIa during 1940 & 41<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198861-44">[44]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._213_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 213 Squadron RAF">No. 213 (Ceylon) Squadron RAF</a> with the Hurricane I during 1940<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198871-45">[45]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._217_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 217 Squadron RAF">No. 217 Squadron RAF</a> during 1937, 38 & 39<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198871-45">[45]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._238_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 238 Squadron RAF">No. 238 Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire I during 1940<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198876-46">[46]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._501_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 501 Squadron RAF">No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron RAuxAF</a> with the Hurricane I, Spitfire Vb & Vc during 1939, 40 & 42<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198895-47">[47]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._601_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 601 Squadron RAF">No. 601 (County of London) Squadron RAuxAF</a> with the Blenheim If & Hurricane I during 1940<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198898-48">[48]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._605_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 605 Squadron RAF">No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAuxAF</a> with the Gladiator I & Hurricane I during 1939 & 40<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198899-49">[49]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._607_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 607 Squadron RAF">No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron RAuxAF</a> with the Hurricane I during 1940<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198899-49">[49]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._614_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 614 Squadron RAF">No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAuxAF</a> detachment during 1940<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford1988100-50">[50]</a></li></ul></div> Offensive units (1941-45): <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li>1 Squadron during 1942<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198823-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 23 Squadron RAF">No. 23 Squadron RAF</a>, detachment during 1941<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198832-51">[51]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._26_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 26 Squadron RAF">No. 26 (South African) Squadron RAF</a> during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198833-52">[52]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 41 Squadron RAF">No. 41 Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire Vb, XII during 1942, 43 & 44<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198838-8">[8]</a></li> <li>43 Squadron during 1942<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198839-19">[19]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._56_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 56 Squadron RAF">No. 56 Squadron RAF</a> detachment during 1942<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198843-53">[53]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._82_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 82 Squadron RAF">No. 82 (United Provinces) Squadron RAF</a> Detachment 1939-42 <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198850-9">[9]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._91_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 91 Squadron RAF">No. 91 (Nigeria) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire XII during 1943-44<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198852-10">[10]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._96_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 96 Squadron RAF">No. 96 Squadron RAF</a> detachment between 1942-43<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198853-54">[54]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._118_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 118 Squadron RAF">No. 118 Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire Vb during 1942<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198857-55">[55]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._124_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 124 Squadron RAF">No. 124 (Baroda) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire VI during 1942<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198858-56">[56]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._129_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 129 Squadron RAF">No. 129 (Mysore) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire Vb during 1943<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198859-31">[31]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._130_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 130 Squadron RAF">No. 130 (Punjab) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire XIV during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198859-31">[31]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._131_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 131 Squadron RAF">No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire Vb during 1942<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198859-31">[31]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._141_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 141 Squadron RAF">No. 141 Squadron RAF</a> with the Beaufighter If during 1942<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198861-44">[44]</a></li> <li>161 Squadron detachment during 1942 with the Lysander<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198864-57">[57]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._164_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 164 Squadron RAF">No. 164 (Argentine–British) Squadron RAF</a> detachment 1942-43<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198864-57">[57]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._165_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 165 Squadron RAF">No. 165 (Ceylon) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire Vb during 1942 & 43<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198864-57">[57]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._168_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 168 Squadron RAF">No. 168 Squadron RAF</a> detachment during 1942<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198864-57">[57]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._170_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 170 Squadron RAF">No. 170 Squadron RAF</a> detachment during 1943<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198865-58">[58]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._198_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 198 Squadron RAF">No. 198 Squadron RAF</a> with the Typhoon Ib during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198867-25">[25]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._219_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 219 Squadron RAF">No. 219 (Mysore) Squadron RAF</a> with the Blenheim If & Beaufighter If during 1940, 41 & 42<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198872-59">[59]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 222 Squadron RAF">No. 222 (Natal) Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire LFIXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198873-37">[37]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._229_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 229 Squadron RAF">No. 229 Squadron RAF</a> with the Spitfire LFIXb during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198874-60">[60]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._266_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 266 Squadron RAF">No. 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF</a> with the Typhoon Ib during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198881-61">[61]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._268_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 268 Squadron RAF">No. 268 Squadron RAF</a> detachment during 1943<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198881-61">[61]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._302_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron">No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron</a> during 1943<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198885-35">[35]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._486_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 486 Squadron RNZAF">No. 486 (NZ) Squadron RAF</a> with the Typhoon Ib during 1942, 43 & 44<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198894-39">[39]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._534_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 534 Squadron RAF">No. 534 Squadron RAF</a> with the Boston during 1942 & 43<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198896-62">[62]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._609_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 609 Squadron RAF">No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAuxAF</a> with the Typhoon Ib during 1944<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198899-49">[49]</a></li> <li>616 Squadron during 1941<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford1988100-50">[50]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="823 Naval Air Squadron">823 Naval Air Squadron</a>, Fleet Air Arm (1942-43)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantBallance1994209-63">[63]</a> (Helping RAF Coastal Command ASW patrols)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/841_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="841 Naval Air Squadron">841 Naval Air Squadron</a> detachment No. 4, Fleet Air Arm (1943)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantBallance1994254-64">[64]</a> (Helping RAF Coastal Command ASW patrols)</li></ul></div> Units: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>No. 2 Air Delivery Letter Service (June 1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin200744-65">[65]</a></li> <li>Detachment of No. 11 Group Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight (1941)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007155-66">[66]</a></li> <li>No. 410 Repair & Salvage Unit (1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007223-67">[67]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._419_(Special_Duties)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 419 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 419 (Special Duties) Flight RAF</a> (1940)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007122-68">[68]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1455_(Fighter)_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1455 (Fighter) Flight RAF">No. 1455 (Fighter) Flight RAF</a> (1941-42)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007123-69">[69]</a></li> <li>No. 3205 Servicing Commando (1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007233-70">[70]</a></li> <li>No. 3207 Servicing Commando (1943)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007233-70">[70]</a></li> <li>No. 3210 Servicing Commando (1944)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007233-70">[70]</a></li> <li>No. 3225 Servicing Commando (1943)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007233-70">[70]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighter_Interception_Unit_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fighter Interception Unit RAF (page does not exist)">Fighter Interception Unit RAF</a> (1940)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007113-71">[71]</a></li></ul></div> RAF Regiment: The following RAF Regiment units were also here at some point:<a href="#cite_note-ABCT-72">[72]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1304_Mobile_Wing_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1304 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment">No. 1304 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1305_Mobile_Wing_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1305 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment">No. 1305 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1315_Mobile_Wing_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1315 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment">No. 1315 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2702_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2702 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2702 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2704_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2704 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2704 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2720_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2720 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2720 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2723_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2723 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2723 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2748_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2748 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2748 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2760_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2760 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2760 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2786_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2786 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2786 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2789_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2789 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2789 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2795_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2795 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2795 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2813_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2813 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2813 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2832_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2832 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2832 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2894_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2894 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2894 Squadron RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units#Flights" title="List of RAF Regiment units">No. 4016 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units#Flights" title="List of RAF Regiment units">No. 4067 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units#Flights" title="List of RAF Regiment units">No. 4260 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar">Postwar</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Postwar">edit</a>]</div> After the war, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment" title="Central Fighter Establishment">Central Fighter Establishment</a> arrived from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wittering" title="RAF Wittering">RAF Wittering</a> on 27 February 1945 with the station being renamed to CFE Tangmere.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin200784-73">[73]</a> The RAF High Speed Flight was reformed here on 14 June 1946 and in September 1946, a world air speed record of 616 mph (991 km/h) was set by Group Captain <a href="/wiki/Edward_Mortlock_Donaldson" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Mortlock Donaldson">Edward "Teddy" Mortlock Donaldson</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor</a> F.4; after his death in 1992, he was buried in St Andrew's Church. In September 1953, Squadron Leader <a href="/wiki/Neville_Duke" title="Neville Duke">Neville Duke</a> became holder of the world air speed record when he flew a modified <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hunter" title="Hawker Hunter">Hawker Hunter</a> prototype at 727.63 mph (1,170 km/h) – the 50th anniversary of this event was commemorated in 2003. A number of units associated with the CFE also arrived including: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Day_Fighter_Leaders_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Day Fighter Leaders School">Day Fighter Leaders School</a> (1945)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007100-74">[74]</a> part of CFE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enemy_Aircraft_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Enemy Aircraft Flight RAF">Enemy Aircraft Flight RAF</a> (1945)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007108-75">[75]</a> part of CFE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment" title="Central Fighter Establishment">Fighter Interception Development Squadron RAF</a> (1945)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007113-71">[71]</a> part of CFE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment" title="Central Fighter Establishment">Night Fighter Development Wing RAF</a> (1945)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007193-76">[76]</a> part of CFE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment" title="Central Fighter Establishment">Night Fighter Training Squadron RAF</a> (1945)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007194-77">[77]</a> part of CFE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/787_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="787 Naval Air Squadron">787 Naval Air Squadron</a>, Fleet Air Arm (1945)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantBallance1994111-78">[78]</a> connection to CFE</li></ul> The unit moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham" title="RAF West Raynham">RAF West Raynham</a> on 1 October 1945, with <a href="/wiki/No._85_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 85 Squadron RAF">No. 85 Squadron RAF</a> arriving on 11 October 1945 with the de Havilland Mosquito XXX, upgrading to the Mosquito NF.36 from January 1946, the unit deployed to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Lubeck" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Lubeck">RAF Lubeck</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Acklington" title="RAF Acklington">RAF Acklington</a> for varying periods of time until finally leaving on 16 April 1947 going to <a href="/wiki/RAF_West_Malling" title="RAF West Malling">RAF West Malling</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198851-43">[43]</a> <a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 1 Squadron RAF">No. 1 Squadron RAF</a> returned on 30 April 1946 from their previous base of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hutton_Cranswick" title="RAF Hutton Cranswick">RAF Hutton Cranswick</a> with the Supermarine Spitfire F.21, the unit deployed to Acklington and Lubeck at various times. From October 1946 the Gloster Meteor F.3 was introduced, being replaced by the Harvard T.2b and Oxford T.2 from August 1947 in preparation for conversion to the Meteor F.4 which arrived during June 1948. This was replaced by the F.8 during August 1950 and this in turn was replaced by the Hawker Hunter F.5 in September 1958. The squadron was disbanded on 1 July 1958.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198823-18">[18]</a> <a href="/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 222 Squadron RAF">No. 222 (Natal) Squadron RAF</a> arrived on 2 October 1946 from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">RAF Weston Zoyland</a> already operating the Meteor F.3, converting to the newer F.4 during the first few months of 1948 before moving to RAF Lubeck on 1 May 1948.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198873-37">[37]</a> On 1 June 1950, a Gloster Meteor flying eastwards over <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a> reported a UFO at 20,000 ft. It is also seen by the radar at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wartling" title="RAF Wartling">RAF Wartling</a>, and was described as Britain's first flying saucer, and led to the <a href="/wiki/Flying_Saucer_Working_Party" title="Flying Saucer Working Party">Flying Saucer Working Party</a> later that year.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <a href="/wiki/No._266_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 266 Squadron RAF">No. 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF</a> arrived on 16 April 1947 from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wattisham" title="RAF Wattisham">RAF Wattisham</a> with the Meteor F.3 replacing No. 85 Squadron RAF. No. 266 Squadron upgraded to the Meteor F.4 from February 1948, with the squadron deploying to Lubeck and Acklington during its stay. 266 was disbanded on 11 February 1949 and renumbered as <a href="/wiki/No._43_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 43 Squadron RAF">No. 43 Squadron RAF</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198881-61">[61]</a> the Meteor F.8 was introduced from September 1950 and the squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Leuchars" title="RAF Leuchars">RAF Leuchars</a> on 11 November 1950.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198839-19">[19]</a> On 25 November 1950 <a href="/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 29 Squadron RAF">No. 29 Squadron RAF</a> arrived from <a href="/wiki/RAF_West_Malling" title="RAF West Malling">RAF West Malling</a> with the Mosquito NF.30 converting to the Meteor NF.11 from July 1951. The squadron moved to RAF Acklington on 14 January 1957 where it eventually changed to the <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Javelin" title="Gloster Javelin">Gloster Javelin</a> FAW.6.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198834-80">[80]</a> On 1 August 1954 <a href="/wiki/No._34_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 34 Squadron RAF">No. 34 Squadron RAF</a> was reformed here with the Meteor F.8, upgrading to the Hunter F.5 from October 1955 before being disbanded on 15 January 1958.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198837-81">[81]</a> On 30 September 1957 <a href="/wiki/No._25_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 25 Squadron RAF">No. 25 Squadron RAF</a> arrived from RAF West Malling with the Meteor NF.12 & NF.14 until 1 July 1958 when the squadron was disbanded.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198833-52">[52]</a> <a href="/wiki/No._164_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 164 Squadron RAF">No. 164 (Argentine–British) Squadron RAF</a> arrived from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Turnhouse" title="RAF Turnhouse">RAF Turnhouse</a> on 25 March 1946 with the Spitfire IX, staying until 26 April 1946 when the squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Middle Wallop">RAF Middle Wallop</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198864-57">[57]</a> <a href="/wiki/No._587_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 587 Squadron RAF">No. 587 Squadron RAF</a> arrived from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">RAF Weston Zoyland</a> on 1 June 1946 with the Spitfire XVI for two weeks before being disbanded.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198897-82">[82]</a> <a href="/wiki/No._69_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 69 Squadron RAF">No. 69 Squadron RAF</a> arrived on 19 April 1947 from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wahn" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Wahn">RAF Wahn</a> during a break from West Germany. It used the Mosquito B.16 until 16 May 1947 when it moved back to Wahn.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198846-83">[83]</a> <a href="/wiki/No._74_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 74 Squadron RAF">No. 74 (Trinidad) Squadron RAF</a> arrived on 1 July 1950 for a total of 8 days from RAF Horsham St Faith using Meteor F.4's.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198848-34">[34]</a> In the late 1950s the flying was reduced to ground radar calibration under RAF Signals Command with the arrival of <a href="/wiki/No._115_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 115 Squadron RAF">No. 115 Squadron RAF</a> on 25 August 1958 from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Watton" title="RAF Watton">RAF Watton</a> with the Varsity T.1. The Valetta C.1 was introduced from August 1963 but the squadron moved back to Watton on 1 October 1963.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198857-55">[55]</a> <a href="/wiki/No._245_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 245 Squadron RAF">No. 245 Squadron RAF</a> arrived on 25 August 1958 along from Watton, but with the Canberra B.2, however the squadron was disbanded on 19 April 1963 to become No. 98 Squadron.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198877-84">[84]</a> <a href="/wiki/No._98_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 98 Squadron RAF">No. 98 Squadron RAF</a> used the Canberra B.2 until 1 October 1963 when the Squadron moved to RAF Watton.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198853-54">[54]</a> Between January and March 1958 a detachment of <a href="/wiki/No._208_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 208 Squadron RAF">No. 208 Squadron RAF</a> operated here training crews on the new Hunter F.6.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198869-12">[12]</a> The Joint Services Language School moved here and in 1960 the station was granted the "freedom of the City of <a href="/wiki/Chichester" title="Chichester">Chichester</a>" and the event was marked by a march through the town and service in the Cathedral.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> No. 38 Group <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Communications_Wing_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Tactical Communications Wing RAF">Tactical Communications Wing RAF</a> and 244 Signal Squadron (Air Support) were the last units to leave the base, relocating to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Benson" title="RAF Benson">RAF Benson</a>. Some of the last flying units to be based at the station included: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>'B' Flt, <a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAF">No. 22 Squadron RAF</a> (June 1961 - May 1964)<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a></li> <li>22 Squadron - detachment sometime between 1956-74<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198832-51">[51]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/720_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="720 Naval Air Squadron">720 Naval Air Squadron</a>, Fleet Air Arm (1947) <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantBallance199441-87">[87]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/771_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="771 Naval Air Squadron">771 Naval Air Squadron</a> detachment, Fleet Air Arm (1948-49)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantBallance199491-88">[88]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/778_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="778 Naval Air Squadron">778 Naval Air Squadron</a>, Fleet Air Arm (1947-48)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantBallance199499-89">[89]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="801 Naval Air Squadron">801 Naval Air Squadron</a>, Fleet Air Arm (1947)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantBallance1994132-90">[90]</a></li></ul></div> Units: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>No. 38 Group Support Unit (December 1964 - December 1970)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007161-91">[91]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._49_Maintenance_Unit_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 49 Maintenance Unit RAF">No. 49 Maintenance Unit RAF</a> detachment (November 1946)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007177-92">[92]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._161_Gliding_School_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 161 Gliding School RAF">No. 161 Gliding School RAF</a> (1945 & 47-53)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007147-93">[93]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._623_Gliding_School_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 623 Gliding School RAF">No. 623 Gliding School RAF</a> (1963-74)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007147-93">[93]</a></li> <li>No. 8 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (September to October 1945)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007113-71">[71]</a></li> <li>No. 9 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (February 1945 to April 1946)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007113-71">[71]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighter_Command_Instrument_Training_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fighter Command Instrument Training Flight RAF (page does not exist)">Fighter Command Instrument Training Flight RAF</a> (1948-50)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007112-94">[94]</a></li> <li>Towed Target Flight, Tangmere RAF (1950-51)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007273-95">[95]</a></li></ul></div> In 1963-64 the last flying units left. However the station continued to be used for several years and, in 1968, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Charles">Prince Charles</a> took his first flying lesson at Tangmere.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> The station finally closed on 16 October 1970;<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> a single Spitfire flew over the airfield as the RAF ensign was lowered for the last time.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_use">Present use</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Present use">edit</a>]</div> Following the closure of the RAF station, some of the land around the runways was returned to farming. Tangmere Airfield Nurseries have built large glasshouses for the cultivation of peppers and aubergines. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Tangmere_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177618.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/RAF_Tangmere_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177618.jpg/220px-RAF_Tangmere_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177618.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/RAF_Tangmere_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177618.jpg/330px-RAF_Tangmere_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177618.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/RAF_Tangmere_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177618.jpg/440px-RAF_Tangmere_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177618.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>RAF Tangmere Control Tower in 2009</figcaption></figure> Until 1983 37 acres (150,000 m2) of barracks, admin blocks and repair workshops remained derelict until bought by Seawards Properties Ltd. Housing soon spread around the airfield, and most RAF buildings were demolished. Officers' quarters have been retained as homes and two original RAF buildings remain, the <a href="/wiki/Grade_II_listed" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade II listed">Grade II listed</a> Control Tower, and one of the 'H Block' accommodation buildings. The majority of the airfield is now farmed, and since 1979 the runways have slowly been removed thus returning the whole airfield back to large scale farming once again. In 2016 the final piece of apron and the three T.2 hangars were removed, with houses built in their place on a street called Hangar Drive. The derelict <a href="/wiki/Control_tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Control tower">control tower</a> forms part of the farm but is now bricked up and partly overgrown. It became a Grade II listed building in 2011 and was placed on the <a href="/wiki/Heritage_at_Risk_Register" title="Heritage at Risk Register">Heritage at Risk Register</a> in 2015.<a href="#cite_note-HistoricEngland-99">[99]</a> A campaign is currently underway to restore the control tower which has received local and national press coverage. This is being led by Tangmere Tower Community Interest Company, who restaged 'The Eisenhower Dinner' at the Chichester Harbour Hotel in 2019 to mark the 75th anniversary of General Eisenhower's original meal in 1944.<a href="#cite_note-ChiObserver-100">[100]</a> The CIC are working with the local Aviation Museum, the University of Chichester and Sussex Police and with their architect have submitted a planning application for phase one of the project. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tangmere_Military_Aviation_Museum">Tangmere Military Aviation Museum</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tangmere Military Aviation Museum">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tangmere_Military_Aviation_Museum" title="Tangmere Military Aviation Museum">Tangmere Military Aviation Museum</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tangmere_Air_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_109302.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Tangmere_Air_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_109302.jpg/220px-Tangmere_Air_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_109302.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Tangmere_Air_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_109302.jpg/330px-Tangmere_Air_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_109302.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Tangmere_Air_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_109302.jpg/440px-Tangmere_Air_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_109302.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="393" /></a><figcaption>Tangmere Air Museum, February 1995</figcaption></figure> Tangmere Military Aviation Museum was founded by a group of enthusiastic veterans. It has a replica <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane</a> as well as many original aircraft, including <a href="/wiki/Neville_Duke" title="Neville Duke">Neville Duke</a>'s speed record <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hunter" title="Hawker Hunter">Hawker Hunter</a>. On display is the 'Star' Meteor flown by Teddy Donaldson when he set the World Air Speed Record in September 1946, breaking the 1,000 km/h barrier.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="34067_locomotive">34067 locomotive</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 34067 locomotive">edit</a>]</div> A number of <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Bulleid" title="Oliver Bulleid">Oliver Bulleid</a>'s <a href="/wiki/List_of_SR_West_Country_and_Battle_of_Britain_class_locomotives" title="List of SR West Country and Battle of Britain class locomotives">light pacific locomotives</a> were named after Battle of Britain squadrons, stations, or commanders. One such locomotive that is preserved and still in main line operation is named "Tangmere" (no 34067).[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Battle_of_Britain_airfields" title="List of Battle of Britain airfields">List of Battle of Britain airfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Battle_of_Britain_squadrons" title="List of Battle of Britain squadrons">List of Battle of Britain squadrons</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Citations">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBirtles201249-1"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBirtles201249_1-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBirtles2012">Birtles 2012</a>, p. 49. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFalconer2012189-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFalconer2012189_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFalconer2012189_2-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFalconer2012189_2-2">c</a> <a href="#CITEREFFalconer2012">Falconer 2012</a>, p. 189. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBirtles201251-3"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBirtles201251_3-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBirtles2012">Birtles 2012</a>, p. 51. </li> <li id="cite_note-Smith2018-4"><a href="#cite_ref-Smith2018_4-0">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSmith2018" class="citation journal cs1">Smith, Andrew W. 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RAF Top Gun: Teddy Donaldson CB, DSO, AFC and Bar Battle of Britain Ace and World Air Speed Record Holder, Pen & Sword, 2008. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84415-685-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-84415-685-0">1-84415-685-0</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Tangmere&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Bibliography">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBirtles2012" class="citation book cs1">Birtles, P. (2012). UK Airfields of the Cold War. 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