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Lake Stolsko, Poland
Crash site
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Lake Windemere, Lake District
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Lakenheath
Military site : airfield
Selected in 1940 as the site of a 2nd satellite for RAF Mildenhall, Lakenheath was built and opened in 1941. It had three Class A extended hard runways and 36 hardstandings as aircraft dispersal points. The original pair of T2 hangars were supplemented... -
Lamas
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Landican
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Landing Ground 174
Military site : airfield
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Lands End
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Langar
Military site : airfield
Langar was built in the latter half of 1942 in the parish of Harby, which is the name locals used to refer to the base. It was built to a standard Class A specification, with 6,000 foot and 4,200 foot runways, hardstandings for aircraft (originally 36,... -
Langford Lodge
Military site : airfield
Planned to be a Satellite Landing Ground for No. 23 Maintenance Unit at RAF Aldergrove, Langford Lodge was selected in October 1941 to be developed as an air deport for the maintenance and repair of USAAF aircraft. A scheme was devised whereby the... -
Langham
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Langham
Military site : non-airfield
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Langley Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
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Langton
Military site : non-airfield
Home of a Signal Construction Battalion. Exact location unknown -
Laon / Couvron
Military site : airfield
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Laon/Athies
Military site : airfield
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Lashenden
Military site : airfield
Close to but completely separate from RAF Headcorn, Lashenden was built for the RAF during 1942-43 as an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), initially as a light bomber base and then as a training base for mobile fighter squadrons. Enlarged and improved for... -
Lavenham
Military site : airfield
Lavenham was built as a standard USAAF bomber airfield, with fifty hardstandings, T2 hangars and 2,000 and 1,400 feet runways. John Laing and Son Ltd. carried out the work in 1943, and the airfield opened in April 1944. The 487th Bomb Group occupied... -
Lavenham Marketplace
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Le Culot
Military site : airfield
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Le Mans
Military site : airfield
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Le Molay
Military site : airfield
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Lecce
Military site : airfield
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Leicester
Military site : non-airfield
Principal units assigned were detachments of the 892 Signal Depot Company -
Leicester East
Military site : airfield
RAF Leicester East was opened on 8 October 1943 but was downgraded to 'Care and maintenance' status. It was then considered as a base for USAAF Tactical Carrier Group, but then made ready for two Stirling squadrons. USAAF did use/share this site with... -
Leiston
Military site : airfield
Leiston's location only three miles from the North Sea Coast made it ideal as a Fighter Group air base whose job would be to escort bombers across the sea and over occupied Europe. The air base also witnessed the arrival of many very damaged Allied... -
Lenwade House
Military site : non-airfield
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Lesina
Military site : airfield
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Lessay
Military site : airfield
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Lete
Military site : airfield
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Lichfield
Military site : non-airfield
The site of Litchfield Races was used to build a barracks which became operational in 1881. The 1702 grandstand still exists.... -
Lignerolles
Military site : airfield
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Lignerolles
Military site : airfield
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Lilford Hall
Military site : non-airfield
The 303rd Station Hospital was formed in the Spring of 1943, and arrived at Lilford Hall in September that year. Its initial 750 beds were used by patients from nearby airbases at Polebrook, Molesworth and Grafton Underwood, mostly wounded airmen.... -
Limburg
Military site : airfield
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Limetz-Villez, France
Crash site
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Lincoln Hall, Hingham, Norfolk
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Linz Airport
Military site : airfield
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Lippitts Hill
Military site : non-airfield
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Liskeard
Military site : non-airfield
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Little Heathsite
Military site : non-airfield
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Little Staughton
Military site : airfield
Built during 1941-42 potentially as a USAAF bomber base, Little Staughton had three concrete runways, 37 hardstandings, two dispersed T2 hangars and eight Robin hangars. Occupied temporarily from December 1942 by the Advanced Air Depot of the 1st Bomb... -
Little Walden
Military site : airfield
Little Walden was built as a Class A airfield suitable for American heavy bombers. The 409th Bomb Group, as part of the Ninth Air Force, was stationed at the base between March and September 1944, flying A-20 Havocs.... -
Liverpool
Military site : non-airfield
A depot for materiel shipped from the United States - known as an 'Intransit Depot'. Exact location unknown. -
Llanbedr
Military site : airfield
USAAF lodger units occupied this RAF station from 1942-1944, including the 14th Fighter Group. -
Lockinge
Crash site
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London
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Long Island National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Long Kesh
Military site : airfield
RAF station which was allocated to the USAAF but not used.
