RAF Bassingbourn
| RAF Bassingbourn USAAF Station 121 | |||||||||||
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| Royston, Cambridgeshire in England | |||||||||||
1955 Aerial photograph | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station * Parent Station | ||||||||||
| Code | BS | ||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command (1938-1942; 1951-1969) * No. 3 Group RAF * No. 6 (T) Group RAF * No. 7 (T) Group RAF * No. 92 (OTU) Group RAF Eighth Air Force (1942-1945) RAF Transport Command (1945-1949) United States Air Forces in Europe (1950-1953) British Army (1969 – present) | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°05′48″N 000°03′11″W / 52.09667°N 0.05306°W | ||||||||||
| Grid reference | TL335458 | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1937/38 | ||||||||||
| Built by | John Laing & Son Ltd | ||||||||||
| In use | March 1938 - 2014 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II Cold War | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 24 metres (79 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately 3 mi (5 km) north of Royston, Hertfordshire and 11 mi (18 km) south west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
During the Second World War it served first as an RAF station and then as a bomber airfield of the Eighth Air Force, of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). It remains the home of the Tower Museum Bassingbourn.