RAF Polebrook
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Royal Air Force Polebrook or more simply RAF Polebrook is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east-south-east of Oundle, at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England. The airfield was built on Rothschild estate land starting in August 1940.
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RAF Polebrook USAAF Station 110 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force 1941-1942, 1959-1963 United States Army Air Forces 1942-1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Oundle, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1940 (1940) | ||||||||||||||||||
In use | 1941-1948,1959-1963 (1963) | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 230 ft / 70 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°28′08″N 000°23′25″W | ||||||||||||||||||
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It was from Polebrook that the United States Army Air Forces' Eighth Air Force carried out its first heavy bomb group (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress) combat mission on 17 August 1942, and from which Major Clark Gable flew combat missions in 1943.