RAF Headcorn

Royal Air Force Headcorn or more commonly known as RAF Headcorn is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located   northeast of Headcorn, Kent, England.

Opened in 1943, Headcorn was a prototype for the temporary Advanced Landing Ground airfields to be built in France after D-Day, when the need for advanced landing fields became urgent as the Allied forces moved east across France and Germany.  It was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces.  It was closed in September 1944.

RAF operational use
Two Canadian squadrons, 403 Squadron and 421 Squadron, were based at Headcorn from August to November 1943 with Supermarine Spitfire IXBs.

See also
List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

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Category:Airfields of the IX Fighter Command in the United Kingdom
Category:Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
Category:Royal Air Force stations in Kent