RAF Friston

Royal Air Force Friston or more simply RAF Friston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station and Emergency Landing Ground located in East Sussex, England.

Units

The following units were here at some point:

• No. 32 Squadron RAF, two visits between 14 June 1942 and 20 August 1942 with Hawker Hurricanes
• No. 41 Squadron RAF, three visits between 27 May 1943 and 11 July 1944 with Supermarine Spitfires
• No. 64 Squadron RAF between 7 August 1943 and 19 August 1943 with Spitfires
• No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF
• No. 253 (Hyderabad State) Squadron RAF Its Spitfires arrived on 13 June 1942
• No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron
• No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron
• No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron
• No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF Arrived on 22 October 1943
• No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF
• No. 411 Squadron RCAF
• No. 412 Squadron RCAF Squadron Detachments with Spitfires there from November 1942 to January 1943, before the squadron arrived on 21 June 1943 with Spitfire Mk. Vb aircraft
• No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron AAF
• No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron AAF
• No. 666 Squadron RCAF Its Auster aircraft appeared on 18 April 1945 and stayed a little over a month

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