The former Royal Air Force Station Acklington, commonly known as RAF Acklington, was a
During
The airfield closed in 1972 and is now the site of Acklington and Castington prisons.
External links
*http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/acklington.html
*http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/13group.html
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