| RAF Mepal | |
| Ensign: | Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg |
| Ensign Size: | 90px |
| Location: | Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Royal Air Force Station |
| Pushpin Map: | Cambridgeshire#UK |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Cambridgeshire |
| Pushpin Label: | RAF Mepal |
| Ownership: | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force |
| Controlledby: | RAF Bomber Command |
| Code: | MP |
| Used: | June 1943 - |
| Battles: | European theatre of World War II |
| Elevation: | 24m (79feet) |
| R1-Number: | 05/23 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
| R2-Number: | 08/26 |
| R2-Surface: | Concrete |
| R3-Number: | 14/32 |
| R3-Surface: | Concrete |
| Airfield Other: | Runway information[1] |
Royal Air Force Mepal or more simply RAF Mepal is a former Royal Air Force station located south of Mepal, Cambridgeshire, England and west of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Construction commenced in July 1942 and opened in June 1943.[1] [2]
Mepal first hosted No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF flying Short Stirlings and later Avro Lancasters.[3]
The following units were also here at some point:[3]
Very little remains of the original site, most of it razed to the ground after the USAF and the Thor missiles left. The site is now the Elean business park and is home to the world's only straw burning power station and a few manufacturing and warehousing operations. A small memorial plaque is in place at the entrance to the site.