Advanced Landing Grounds – Serie AAF

P-47 der USAAF auf ALG AAF-418 in RAF Kingsnorth

Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG) waren zeitweilige vorgeschobene Landeplätze, die von den Alliierten während des Zweiten Weltkriegs für den Feldzug zur Befreiung Europas angelegt wurden.^[1]

Allgemeines

Serie AAF (Army Air Force)

Die vorgeschobenen Landeplätze der Serie AAF lagen sämtlich im Vereinigten Königreich und dienten der Vorbereitung für die Invasion auf dem europäischen Kontinent.

USAAF-Code	RAF-Station	Traditionelle Grafschaft	USAAF-Code	RAF-Station	Traditionelle Grafschaft
AAF-103	RAF Brampton Grange	Cambridgeshire	AAF-404	RAF Chilbolton	Hampshire
AAF-105	RAF Chelveston	Northamptonshire	AAF-406	RAF Andover	Hampshire
AAF-106	RAF Grafton Underwood	Northamptonshire	AAF-407	RAF Thruxton	Hampshire
AAF-111	RAF Thurleigh	Bedfordshire	AAF-408	RAF Beaulieu	Hampshire
AAF-116	RAF Elvedon Hall	Suffolk	AAF-409	RAF Uxbridge	Middlesex
AAF-119	RAF Horsham	Norfolk	AAF-410	RAF Lashenden	Kent
AAF-122	RAF Steeple Morden	Hertfordshire	AAF-411	RAF High Halden	Kent
AAF-133	RAF East Wretham	Norfolk	AAF-413	RAF Staplehurst	Kent
AAF-138	RAF Snetterton Heath	Norfolk	AAF-414	RAF Winkton	Hampshire
AAF-141	RAF Bodney	Norfolk	AAF-415	RAF Bisterne	Hampshire
AAF-149	RAF Birch	Essex	AAF-416	RAF Christchurch	Dorset
AAF-150	RAF Boxted	Essex	AAF-417	RAF Ashford	Kent
AAF-153	RAF Framingham	Suffolk	AAF-418	RAF Kingsnorth	Kent
AAF-154	RAF Gosfield	Essex	AAF-419	RAF Woodchurch	Kent
AAF-157	RAF Raydon	Suffolk	AAF-425	RAF Scorton	Yorkshire
AAF-159	RAF Womingford	Essex	AAF-438	RAF Brenzett	Kent
AAF-160	RAF Marks Hall	Essex	AAF-449	RAF Middle Wallop	Hampshire
AAF-161	RAF Boreham	Essex	AAF-452	RAF Stoney Cross	Hampshire
AAF-162	RAF Chipping Ongar	Essex	AAF-454	RAF Warmwell	Dorset
AAF-164	RAF Great Dunmow	Essex	AAF-455	RAF Holmsley South	Hampshire
AAF-165	RAF Little Walden	Essex	AAF-465	RAF Chalgrove	Oxfordshire
AAF-166	RAF Matching	Essex	AAF-466	RAF Membury	Berkshire
AAF-168	RAF Rivenhall	Essex	AAF-467	RAF Aldermaston	Berkshire
AAF-169	RAF Stansted	Essex	AAF-468	RAF Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk
AAF-170	RAF Wethersfield	Essex	AAF-471	RAF Keevil	Wiltshire
AAF-345	RAF Goxhill	Lincolnshire	AAF-473	RAF Bristol	Gloucestershire
AAF-347	RAF Ibsley	Hampshire	AAF-485	RAF Andrews Field	Essex
AAF-355	RAF Coltishall	Norfolk	AAF-486	RAF Greenham Common	Berkshire
AAF-358	RAF Earls Colne	Essex	AAF-487	RAF Charmy Down	Somerset
AAF-362	RAF Ford	Sussex	AAF-489	RAF Cottesmore	Rutland
AAF-366	RAF Melfield	Suffolk	AAF-492	RAF Hurn	Dorset
AAF-369	RAF Martlesham Heath	Suffolk	AAF-525	RAF Cranfield	Bedfordshire
AAF-373	RAF Leiston	Suffolk	AAF-551	RAF Lymington	Hampshire
AAF-374	RAF Bottisham	Cambridgeshire	AAF-570	RAF Ayr	Ayrshire (Schottland)
AAF-375	RAF Honington	Suffolk

Einzelnachweise

↑ Die wichtigste Quelle ist ein unveränderter und unkommentierter Nachdruck einer maschinengeschriebenen Aufstellung der U.S. Army Air Force, nach Schrifttyp und Bemerkungen zu Schließungsterminen aus dem Juli 1945. Johnson, David C., U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 1988.