Allied air bases in England during Operation Overlord
D-Day air operations
RAF Tarrant Rushton Air Force Base in England on June 6, 1944, the starting point for the Royal Air Force’s 298 and 644 Squadrons as part of Operation Mallard.
Photo : IWM CL 26.
Location of the allied air bases in Great Britain during D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.
Location | Units |
|---|---|
| Andover | 370th US Fighter Group |
| Andrews Field | 322nd US Bomb Group |
| Aldermaston | 434th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Ashford | 406th US Fighter Group |
| Barkston Heath | 61st US Troop Carrier Group |
| Beaulieu | 365th US Fighter Group |
| Bisterne Close | 371st US Fighter Group |
| Boreham | 394th US Bomb Group |
| Boxted | 70th US Fighter Wing |
| Chalgrove | |
| Chilbolton | 368th US Fighter Group |
| Chipping Ongar | 387th US Bomb Group |
| Christchurch | 405th US Fighter Group |
| Cottesmore | 52nd US Troop Carrier Wing 316th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Earls Colne | 323rd US Bomb Group |
| Exeter | 440th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Folkingham | 313th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Fulbeck | 442nd US Troop Carrier Group |
| Gosfield | 410th US Bomb Group |
| Great Dunmow | 386th US Bomb Group |
| Greeham Common | 438th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Headcorn | 362nd US Fighter Group |
| High Halden | 358th US Fighter Group |
| Ibsley | 48th US Fighter Group |
| Kingsnorth | 36th US Fighter Group |
| Lashenden | 354th US Fighter Group |
| Little Walden | 409th US Bomb Group |
| Lymington | 50th US Fighter Group |
| Matching Green | 391st US Bomb Group |
| Membury | 436th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Merryfield | 441st US Troop Carrier Group |
| Middle Wallop | 67th US Recon Group |
| North Witham | |
| Ramsbury | 437th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Rivenhall | 397th US Bomb Group |
| Saltby | 314th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Spanhoe | 315th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Stansted | 344th US Bomb Group |
| Staplehurst | 363rd US Fighter Group |
| Stoney Cross | 367th US Fighter Group |
| Thruxton | 366th US Fighter Group |
| Upottery | 439th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Warmwell | 474th US Fighter Group |
| Welford Park | 435th US Troop Carrier Group |
| Wethersfield | 416th US Bomb Group |
| Winkton | 404th US Fighter Group |
| Woodchurch | 373rd US Fighter Group |
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