Royal Air Force Kings Cliffe or more simply RAF Kings Cliffe is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, 12 miles (19 km) west of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The airfield was built with hard-surfaced runways and a perimeter track, these were extended early in 1943.
RAF ace Johnnie Johnson climbing out of the cockpit of his Spitfire at Kings Cliffe, 1941
Lockheed P-38J Lightning of the 79th Fighter Squadron
North American P-51D-20-NA Mustang Serial 44-72519 of the 77th Fighter Squadron
Glenn Miller Memorial
King's Cliffe is a village and civil parish on Willow Brook, a tributary of the River Nene, about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Corby in North Northamptonshire. The parish adjoins the county boundary with the City of Peterborough and the village is about 12 miles (19 km) west of the city centre. The village is not far from the boundary with Lincolnshire and about 6 miles (10 km) south of Stamford.
The village in the early 1950s
King's Cliffe church