RAF Funtington

Royal Air Force Funtington or more simply RAF Funtington is a former Royal Air Force advanced landing ground located in West Sussex, England.

RAF Funtington
Funtington, West Sussex in England
Site information
Type	RAF advanced landing ground
Code	FJ[1]
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Second Tactical Air Force * No. 83 Group RAF * No. 84 Group RAF RAF Fighter Command * No. 11 Group RAF
Location
RAF Funtington Shown within West Sussex Show map of West Sussex RAF Funtington RAF Funtington (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°51′41″N 000°52′01″W
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
In use	September 1943 - 13 December 1944 (1944)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	35 metres (115 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface E/W 1,464 metres (4,803 ft) Sommerfeld Tracking NW/SE 1,097 metres (3,599 ft) Sommerfeld Tracking

History

The following units were here at some point:

• No. 122 Airfield Headquarters RAF became No. 122 (Rocket Projectile) Wing with North American Mustang I's^[2]
  • No. 19 Squadron RAF (1944)^[3]
  • No. 65 (East India) Squadron RAF (1944)^[4]
  • No. 122 (Bombay) Squadron RAF (1944)^[5]
• No. 130 Airfield Headquarters RAF with Mustang I's^[6]
  • No. 4 Squadron RAF (1943)^[7]
  • No. 268 Squadron RAF (1943)^[8]
• No. 143 (RCAF) Airfield Headquarters RAF with Hawker Typhoon I's^[6]
  • No. 438 Squadron RCAF (1944)^[9]
  • No. 439 Squadron RCAF (1944)^[9]
  • No. 440 Squadron RCAF (1944)^[9]
• No. 144 (RCAF) Airfield Headquarters RAF became No. 144 (RCAF) (Fighter) Wing with Supermarine Spitfire IX's^[6]
  • No. 441 Squadron RCAF (1944)^[9]
  • No. 442 Squadron RCAF (1944)^[9]
  • No. 443 Squadron RCAF (1944)^[9]
• No. 123 (Rocket Projectile) Wing with Typhoon I's^[6]
  • No. 198 Squadron RAF (1944)^[10]
  • No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron AAF (1944)^[11]
• No. 136 (Fighter) Wing with Typhoon I's^[6]
  • No. 164 (Argentine–British) Squadron RAF (1944)^[12]
  • No. 183 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF (1944)^[13]
• No. 145 (French) (Fighter) Wing with Spitfire IX's^[6]
  • No. 329 (GC I/2 'Cicognes') Squadron RAF (1944)^[14]
  • No. 340 (GC IV/2 Île-de-France) Squadron RAF (1944)^[14]
  • No. 341 (GC III/2 'Alsace') Squadron RAF (1944)^[15]
• No. 135 (Fighter) Wing with Spitfire IX's^[16]
  • No. 33 Squadron RAF (1944)^[17]
  • No. 222 (Natal) Squadron RAF (1944)^[18]
  • No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF (1944)^[15]
  • No. 485 Squadron RNZAF (1944)^[19]
• No. 132 (Norwegian) (Fighter) Wing with Spitfire IX's^[16]
  • No. 66 Squadron RAF (1944)^[4]
  • No. 127 Squadron RAF (1944)^[20]
  • No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF (1944)^[14]
  • No. 332 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF (1944)^[14]

The following units were also here at some point:

• No. 20 (Fighter) Sector^[21]
• No. 411 (Polish) Repair & Salvage Unit^[21]
• No. 419 (RCAF) Repair & Salvage Unit^[21]
• No. 421 Repair & Salvage Unit^[21]
• No. 1301 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment^[21]
• No. 1309 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment^[21]
• No. 2701 Squadron RAF Regiment^[21]
• No. 2702 Squadron RAF Regiment^[21]
• No. 2739 Squadron RAF Regiment^[21]
• No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment^[21]
• No. 2819 Squadron RAF Regiment^[21]
• No. 3208 Servicing Commando^[21]

Current use

The site has been reverted to farmland.^[21]