RAF Woodchurch
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RAF Woodchurch was a temporary Advanced Landing Ground laid out near Ashford in Kent and used in 1943–44. North American Mustang squadrons, including Canadian units, flew tactical reconnaissance from it, and in 1944 the Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the USAAF’s 373rd Fighter Group were based there ahead of D-Day; the strip was a prototype for the temporary airfields later built in France. It was dismantled in 1944 and the land returned to agriculture, with only a private airstrip marking the line of the old runway.
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