Advanced Landing Grounds – Serie AAF

P-47 der USAAF auf ALG AAF-418 in RAF Kingsnorth

Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG) waren zeitweilige vorgeschobene Landeplätze, die von den Alliierten während des Zweiten Weltkriegs für den Feldzug zur Befreiung Europas angelegt wurden.

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Serie AAF (Army Air Force)

Die vorgeschobenen Landeplätze der Serie AAF lagen sämtlich im Vereinigten Königreich und dienten der Vorbereitung für die Invasion auf dem europäischen Kontinent.

USAAF-Code	RAF-Station	Traditionelle Grafschaft	USAAF-Code	RAF-Station	Traditionelle Grafschaft
AAF-103	RAF Brampton Grange	Cambridgeshire	AAF-404	RAF Chilbolton	Hampshire
AAF-105	RAF Chelveston	Northamptonshire	AAF-406	RAF Andover	Hampshire
AAF-106	RAF Grafton Underwood	Northamptonshire	AAF-407	RAF Thruxton	Hampshire
AAF-111	RAF Thurleigh	Bedfordshire	AAF-408	RAF Beaulieu	Hampshire
AAF-116	RAF Elvedon Hall	Suffolk	AAF-409	RAF Uxbridge	Middlesex
AAF-119	RAF Horsham	Norfolk	AAF-410	RAF Lashenden	Kent
AAF-122	RAF Steeple Morden	Hertfordshire	AAF-411	RAF High Halden	Kent
AAF-133	RAF East Wretham	Norfolk	AAF-413	RAF Staplehurst	Kent
AAF-138	RAF Snetterton Heath	Norfolk	AAF-414	RAF Winkton	Hampshire
AAF-141	RAF Bodney	Norfolk	AAF-415	RAF Bisterne	Hampshire
AAF-149	RAF Birch	Essex	AAF-416	RAF Christchurch	Dorset
AAF-150	RAF Boxted	Essex	AAF-417	RAF Ashford	Kent
AAF-153	RAF Framingham	Suffolk	AAF-418	RAF Kingsnorth	Kent
AAF-154	RAF Gosfield	Essex	AAF-419	RAF Woodchurch	Kent
AAF-157	RAF Raydon	Suffolk	AAF-425	RAF Scorton	Yorkshire
AAF-159	RAF Womingford	Essex	AAF-438	RAF Brenzett	Kent
AAF-160	RAF Marks Hall	Essex	AAF-449	RAF Middle Wallop	Hampshire
AAF-161	RAF Boreham	Essex	AAF-452	RAF Stoney Cross	Hampshire
AAF-162	RAF Chipping Ongar	Essex	AAF-454	RAF Warmwell	Dorset
AAF-164	RAF Great Dunmow	Essex	AAF-455	RAF Holmsley South	Hampshire
AAF-165	RAF Little Walden	Essex	AAF-465	RAF Chalgrove	Oxfordshire
AAF-166	RAF Matching	Essex	AAF-466	RAF Membury	Berkshire
AAF-168	RAF Rivenhall	Essex	AAF-467	RAF Aldermaston	Berkshire
AAF-169	RAF Stansted	Essex	AAF-468	RAF Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk
AAF-170	RAF Wethersfield	Essex	AAF-471	RAF Keevil	Wiltshire
AAF-345	RAF Goxhill	Lincolnshire	AAF-473	RAF Bristol	Gloucestershire
AAF-347	RAF Ibsley	Hampshire	AAF-485	RAF Andrews Field	Essex
AAF-355	RAF Coltishall	Norfolk	AAF-486	RAF Greenham Common	Berkshire
AAF-358	RAF Earls Colne	Essex	AAF-487	RAF Charmy Down	Somerset
AAF-362	RAF Ford	Sussex	AAF-489	RAF Cottesmore	Rutland
AAF-366	RAF Melfield	Suffolk	AAF-492	RAF Hurn	Dorset
AAF-369	RAF Martlesham Heath	Suffolk	AAF-525	RAF Cranfield	Bedfordshire
AAF-373	RAF Leiston	Suffolk	AAF-551	RAF Lymington	Hampshire
AAF-374	RAF Bottisham	Cambridgeshire	AAF-570	RAF Ayr	Ayrshire (Schottland)
AAF-375	RAF Honington	Suffolk

Literatur

• Johnson, David C., U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Re