RAF Kings Cliffe
| RAF Kings Cliffe USAAF Station 367 | |||||||||||
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| Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire in England | |||||||||||
Kings Cliffe Airfield - 16 January 1947 | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Code | KO | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces 1943- | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-43 & 1943 * No. 12 Group RAF Eighth Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°34′13″N 000°28′57″W / 52.57028°N 0.48250°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940/41 | ||||||||||
| Built by | George Wimpey & Co Ltd | ||||||||||
| In use | October 1941 - January 1959 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 76 metres (249 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Kings Cliffe or more simply RAF Kings Cliffe is a former Royal Air Force station located near Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, 12 miles (19 km) west of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The airfield was built with hard-surfaced runways and a perimeter track, these were extended early in 1943.