RAF Selsey explained

Royal Air Force Selsey or more simply RAF Selsey is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located 2 miles north east of Selsey, West Sussex and 5 miles south of Chichester, West Sussex, England.

The following units were here at some point:

• No. 121 Airfield RAF
  • No. 65 Squadron RAF (1943)
  • No. 245 Squadron RAF (1943)
• No. 135 Airfield RAF (renamed No. 135 (Fighter) Wing RAF on 15 May 1944)
  • No. 222 Squadron RAF (1944)
  • No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF (1944)
  • No. 485 Squadron RNZAF (1944)
• No. 145 (French) (Fighter) Wing RAF
  • No. 329 Squadron RAF (1944)
  • No. 340 Squadron RAF (1944)
  • No. 341 Squadron RAF (1944)
• No. 33 Squadron RAF (1944)
• No. 74 Squadron RAF (1944)
• No. 131 Airfield (Polish) RAF
• No. 421 Repair & Salvage Unit^[1]
• No. 1316 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment^[1]
• No. 2731 Squadron RAF Regiment^[1]
• No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment^[1]
• No. 2955 Squadron RAF Regiment^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Ashworth. C . Action Stations: Vol 9. Military airfields of the Central South and South-East . 1985 . Patrick Stephens Limited . . 0-85059-608-4 .
• Book: Falconer. J. RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2 . 1998 . Ian Allan Publishing. UK. 0-7110-2175-9.
• Book: Jefford . C.G. . RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 . 1988 . Airlife . . 1-85310-053-6 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Selsey . Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. 27 March 2022.