RAF Gransden Lodge Airfield

4/42 to 4/43, 1418 and 1474 Flights with Wellingtons conducting radio navigation and interrogation tests. 1418 joined Bomber Development Unit and 1474 became the basis for 192 Sqn, formed here 1/43. Both moved to Felwell.
/43 to 6/45, 405 Sqn moved here from Leeming with Halifaxes on Pathfinder operations. Converted to Lancasters 8/43.
10/43 to /45, 142 Sqn reformed here Mosquitoes as part of the Light Night Striking Force.
Bomber Command lost 102 aircraft from this station, 14 Mosquitoes, 27 Halifaxes and 61 Lancasters.
6/45 to 9/45, 692 Sqn Mosquitoes from Graveley, disbanded here.
Airfield then used for a few weeks by Transport Command Liberators.

Gransden Lodge airfield
Airfield Today:		Agriculture
Tower Type:		Watch Office for Bomber Satellite and OTU Satellite Stations, 13726/41
Tower:		Derelict 2003
Other Buildings:		?
History:		4/42 to 4/43, 1418 and 1474 Flights with Wellingtons conducting radio navigation and interrogation tests. 1418 joined Bomber Development Unit and 1474 became the basis for 192 Sqn, formed here 1/43. Both moved to Felwell. /43 to 6/45, 405 Sqn moved here from Leeming with Halifaxes on Pathfinder operations. Converted to Lancasters 8/43. 10/43 to /45, 142 Sqn reformed here Mosquitoes as part of the Light Night Striking Force. Bomber Command lost 102 aircraft from this station, 14 Mosquitoes, 27 Halifaxes and 61 Lancasters. 6/45 to 9/45, 692 Sqn Mosquitoes from Graveley, disbanded here. Airfield then used for a few weeks by Transport Command Liberators.

RAF Station
Airfield:		Operational Bomber
Opened:		4/1942
Closed:		/1955
ID Code:		BC
USAAF Station:		N/A
Runways:		3 concrete
Hangars:		1- B1, 2- T2
County:		Bedfordshire
Location:		10 milew W of Cambridge
OS Ref:		TL290555
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Gransden Lodge airfield


1989 © Martyn Chorlton


2003 © Brian Silk via Chris Leek