The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Gransden Lodge

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Information. Gransden Lodge opened as a satellite of Tempsford early in 1942. A typical wartime station, well dispersed and unusually set away from roads and amidst fields, it had the customary three runways,'036'of 2,000yards and two of 1,400yards. There were two'T2'hangars and a 'Bl', along with 36 hardstandings. Trials of Gee, the navigation aid, were conducted from Gransden Lodge. The airfields was home to No 1474 Flight from July 1942 who were later renames 192 sqd. they flew Wellingtons, Halifaxes, Mosquitoes and Ansons in in the role of enemy signal investigation. The station's main runway was maintained into the 1950s for emergency use. Today the airfield is used by the Cambridge Gliding Club. Photographs If you have any Photographs you would like to share please get in touch. List of those who served here. If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to an airfield or aircrew, please get in touch. Send an E-mail to The Wartime Memories Project Links Airfields Index The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation. This website is run out of our own pockets and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Or by cheque to: PO Box 325, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1XL. Website and ALL Material © Copyright MM - All Rights Reserved