Mepal Airfield

Mepal Airfield

Mepal Airfield, previously RAF Mepal, was an airfield near the village of Mepal, Cambridgeshire, England. It was an "expansion" airfield whose construction commenced in July 1942 and opened in June 1943.

Mepal first hosted No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF flying Short Stirlings and later Avro Lancasters.

It was used towards the end of the Second World War to prepare Avro Lancaster bombers squadrons such as No. 44 (Rhodesia) squadron for use in Tiger Force which was to bomb Japan.

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Coordinates: 52°24′N 0°07′E / 52.4°N 0.117°E / 52.4; 0.117


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