GB-0112
RAF Bassingbourn
VFR
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Name
RAF Bassingbourn
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ICAO
GB-0112
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
2:27 am (GMT)
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Municipality
Hertfordshire
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Coordinates
52° 5′ 47″ N 0° 3′ 12″ E
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Elevation
76 ft (23 m MSL)
About RAF Bassingbourn
Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately 3 mi (5 km) north of Royston, Hertfordshire and 11 mi (18 km) south west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
During the Second World War it served first as an RAF station and then as a bomber airfield of the Eighth Air Force, of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). It remains the home of the Tower Museum Bassingbourn.