RAF Coolham

50°59′20″N 0°24′05″W / 50.98889°N 0.40139°W / 50.98889; -0.40139TypeAdvanced Landing Ground^[1]CodeXQ^[1]Site informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Second Tactical Air Force
* No. 84 Group RAF^[1]Site historyBuilt1944 (1944)Built byRAF Airfield Construction ServiceIn useApril 1944 - January 1945 (1945)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield informationElevation17 metres (56 ft)^[1] AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
00/00	Sommerfeld Tracking
00/00	Sommerfeld Tracking

Royal Air Force Coolham or more simply RAF Coolham is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located in West Sussex, England.

The following units were here at some point:^[2]

• No. 129 Squadron RAF (1944)^[3]
• No. 133 Airfield RAF
• No. 133 (Polish) (Fighter) Wing RAF
• No. 135 (Fighter) Wing RAF
• No. 222 Squadron RAF (1944)^[4]
• No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron (1944)^[5]
• No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron (1944)^[6]
• No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF (1944)^[7]
• No. 411 (Polish) Repair & Salvage Unit
• No. 485 Squadron RNZAF (1944)^[8]
• No. 1314 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment
• No. 2701 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2722 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2829 Squadron RAF Regiment

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.