| 词条 | RAF Headcorn |
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|name= RAF Headcorn USAAF Station AAF-412 |ensign= |location= Located Near Headcorn, Kent, United Kingdom |coordinates={{Coord|51|10|58|N|000|41|16|E|region:GB_type:airport|display=inline,title}} |image= Headcorn-11may44.jpg |image_size= 300px |caption= Headcorn ALG airfield, 11 May 1944 |type= Military airfield |code=HC |built=1943 |builder= |materials= |height= |used=1943-1944 |demolished= |condition= |ownership=Air Ministry |controlledby=Royal Air Force (1943-1944) United States Army Air Forces (1944) |garrison= |commanders= |occupants=No. 11 Group 362d Fighter Group |battles= European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945 |pushpin_map= Kent |pushpin_map_caption= RAF Headcorn, shown within Kent |pushpin_label = RAF Headcorn }} Royal Air Force Headcorn or more RAF Headcorn is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located {{convert|2|mi|km}} northeast of Headcorn, Kent, England. Opened in 1943, Headcorn was a prototype for the temporary Advanced Landing Ground airfields to be built in France after D-Day, when the need for advanced landing fields became urgent as the Allied forces moved east across France and Germany. It was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces. It was closed in September 1944. RAF operational useTwo Canadian squadrons, 403 Squadron and 421 Squadron, were based at Headcorn from August to November 1943 with Supermarine Spitfire IXBs.[1] See also
References1. ^Jefford 1988, pp.89-90
External links{{Commons category|RAF Headcorn}}{{Headcorn}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Headcorn}} 3 : Airfields of the IX Fighter Command in the United Kingdom|Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom|Royal Air Force stations in Kent |
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