Royal Air Force Ashford or more simply RAF Ashford is a former Royal Air Force Advanced landing ground in Kent, England. The landing ground is located approximately 3 miles west of Ashford just south
Ashford Airfield, taken on 11 May 1944, during the tenure of the 406th Fighter Group, 3 weeks before D-Day.
Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt Serial 42-26922 of the 512th Fighter Squadron. Note the C-47 in background.
Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt Serial 42-6887 of the 512th Fighter Squadron
512th and 514th Fighter Squadron P-47s prepare to take off on runway 15–33. Note aircraft painted in D-Day invasion markings
No. 122 Squadron was a Royal Air Force fighter squadron during the First and Second World Wars.
Squadron Leader H J L Hallowes, CO of No. 122 Squadron, with his Supermarine Spitfire Mk V at RAF Scorton in Yorkshire, December 1941
Flight Lieutenant C L F "Jimmy" Talalla, standing in front of his North American P-51 Mustang at Advanced landing ground B-12 Ellon, Normandy, 6 August 1944