RAF Staplehurst
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Royal Air Force Staplehurst or more simply RAF Staplehurst is a former Royal Air Force Advanced landing ground located approximately 1 mile northeast of Staplehurst, Kent, England.
Staplehurst Airfield, two weeks before D-Day on 21 May 1944. Note the blister hangar just to the west of the 19 runway. The improvised technical site and airfield station is located to the north of the 10 runway.
North American P-51B-5 Mustang, Serial 43-6830 of the 382d Fighter Squadron
RAF Rivenhall
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Royal Air Force Rivenhall or more RAF Rivenhall is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles south-southeast of Braintree, Essex, England.
RAF Staplehurst
…American P-51B Mustang fighter groups (The other being the 354th Fighter Group), and the 363d Fighter Group moved into Staplehurst on 14 April from RAF Rivenhall. The group consisted of the following operational squadrons and fuselage codes: 380th Fighter Squadron (A9…
Rivenhall airfield photographed in April 1944 with the B-26 Marauders of the 397th Bombardment Group parked on the grass, while the P-51 Mustangs of the 363d Fighter Group are still on the dispersal loops.
Rivenhall airfield headquarters site, 1944.
Formation of Martin B-26B Marauders of the 397th Bomb Group. Closest two aircraft are from the 597th Bomb Squadron; the other B-26's are from the 598th BS. Photo taken before D-Day, as the Marauders are not painted with invasion stripes