RAF Wratting Common explained

RAF Wratting Common RAF West Wickham
Location:	Withersfield, Suffolk
Country:	England
Type:	Royal Air Force substation
Pushpin Map:	Cambridgeshire
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Cambridgeshire
Pushpin Label:	RAF Wratting Common
Ownership:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Controlledby:	RAF Bomber Command No. 3 Group RAF * No. 7 (T) Group RAF
Code:	WW
Built:	/43
Used:	May 1943 - April
Battles:	European theatre of World War II
Elevation:	119m (390feet)
R1-Number:	00/00
R1-Surface:	Concrete
R2-Number:	00/00
R2-Surface:	Concrete
R3-Number:	00/00
R3-Surface:	Concrete

Royal Air Force (RAF) Wratting Common is a former Royal Air Force substation near Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

Units

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

No. 24 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
No. 90 Squadron RAF between May and October 1943 with the Short Stirling III and the Avro Lancasters I and III
No. 195 Squadron RAF between November 1944 and August 1945 with the Lancasters I and III
No. 116 Storage Sub Site of No. 273 Maintenance Unit RAF between July 1946 and September 1947
No. 2 Section of No. 1552 Radio Aids Training Flight between March and July 1946
No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF between November 1943 and November 1944

Book: Falconer. J.. RAF Airfields of World War 2 . 2012 . Ian Allan Publishing. UK. 978-1-85780-349-5.
Book: Sturtivant. R.. Hamlin. J.. Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912 . 2007 . Air-Britain (Historians). UK. 978-0851-3036-59.