Royal Air Force Selsey or more simply RAF Selsey is a former

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

Advanced Landing Ground located 2 miles north east of

Selsey Selsey is a seaside town and civil parish, about eight miles (12 km) south of Chichester in West Sussex, England. Selsey lies at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea. It is bounde ...

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...

and 5 miles south of

Chichester Chichester () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publi ...

, West Sussex, England. The following units were here at some point: * No. 121 Airfield RAF ** No. 65 Squadron RAF (1943) **

No. 245 Squadron RAF No. 245 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It flew as an anti-submarine squadron during World War I and as a fighter squadron during World War II. After the war it was first a jet-fighter squadron and its last role was as a radar-cal ...

(1943) * No. 135 Airfield RAF (renamed No. 135 (Fighter) Wing RAF on 15 May 1944) **

No. 222 Squadron RAF No. 222 Squadron was a Royal Air Force fighter unit. History In World War I The squadron was formally formed at Thasos on 1 April 1918 from "A" Squadron of the former No. 2 Wing, RNAS when the Royal Air Force was formed. At this time, Richar ...

(1944) ** No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF (1944) **

No. 485 Squadron RNZAF No. 485 (NZ) Squadron was a Fighter aircraft, fighter Squadron (aviation), squadron established for service during the World War II, Second World War. It was the first New Zealand squadron formed under Article XV squadrons, Article XV of the Brit ...

(1944) * No. 145 (French) (Fighter) Wing RAF ** No. 329 Squadron RAF (1944) ** No. 340 Squadron RAF (1944) **

No. 341 Squadron RAF The No. 341 Squadron also known in French as ''Groupe de Chasse n° 3/2 "Alsace"'', was a Free French squadron in the RAF during World War II. History No. 341 Squadron was formed on 15 January 1943 at RAF Turnhouse, with personnel from the Fre ...

(1944) *

No. 33 Squadron RAF Number 33 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Westland Puma HC.2 from RAF Benson, Oxfordshire. History First World War No. 33 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed from part of No. 12 Squadron at Filton on 12 January 1916. ...

(1944) *

No. 74 Squadron RAF Number 74 Squadron, also known as "Tiger Squadron" from its tiger-head motif, was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It operated fighter aircraft from 1917 to the 1990s, and then trainers until its disbandment in 2000. It was the Royal Air Fo ...

(1944) * No. 131 Airfield (Polish) RAF * No. 421 Repair & Salvage Unit * No. 1316 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment *

No. 2731 Squadron RAF Regiment This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with protecting military airfields, among other duties. First formed in 1942 to protect the airfi ...

* No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment *

No. 2955 Squadron RAF Regiment This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with protecting military airfields, among other duties. First formed in 1942 to protect the airfi ...

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