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Royal Air Force Selsey or more simply RAF Selsey is a former
Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...
Advanced Landing Ground located 2 miles north east of
Selsey Selsey () is a seaside town and civil parishes in England, civil parish, about south of Chichester, West Sussex, England. Selsey lies at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea. It is in ...
,
West Sussex West Sussex is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Surrey to the north, East Sussex to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Hampshire to the west. The largest settlement is Cr ...
and 5 miles south of
Chichester Chichester ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in the Chichester District, Chichester district of West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher ...
, West Sussex, England. The following units were here at some point: * No. 121 Airfield RAF **
No. 65 Squadron RAF No. 65 Squadron was a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force, which formed in 1916. the squadron saw action in both the First and the Second World Wars, before being reformed as a Bloodhound unit in the 1960s. The squadron then became an Oper ...
(1943) **
No. 245 Squadron RAF No. 245 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It flew as an anti-submarine squadron during World War I and as a fighter squadron during World War II. After the war it was first a jet-fighter squadron and its last role was as a radar-cal ...
(1943) * No. 135 Airfield RAF (renamed No. 135 (Fighter) Wing RAF on 15 May 1944) **
No. 222 Squadron RAF No. 222 Squadron was a Royal Air Force fighter squadron. History In the First World War The squadron was formally formed at Thasos on 1 April 1918 from "A" Squadron of the former No. 2 Wing, RNAS when the Royal Air Force was formed. At this ti ...
(1944) ** No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF (1944) ** No. 485 Squadron RNZAF (1944) * No. 145 (French) (Fighter) Wing RAF **
No. 329 Squadron RAF No. 329 Squadron RAF (French language: 329 Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres) was a Royal Air Force fighter squadron founded upon the personnel and traditions of the French 1/2 fighter squadron Storks (''Escadron de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes''), ...
(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 * No. 1316 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment *
No. 2731 Squadron RAF Regiment This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with protecting military airfields, among other duties. First formed in 1942 to protect the airfi ...
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No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with protecting military airfields, among other duties. First formed in 1942 to protect the airfi ...
* No. 2955 Squadron RAF Regiment


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