The former Royal Air Force Station Acklington, commonly known as RAF Acklington, was a Royal Air Force airbase situated near Acklington, in Northumberland, England.

During World War II it was a fighter station, operating as part of No. 13 Group.

The airfield closed in 1972 and is now the site of Acklington and Castington prisons.

[edit] External links

• http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/acklington.html
• http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/13group.html

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Coordinates: 55°17′46″N 1°38′04″W / 55.29611°N 1.63444°W / 55.29611; -1.63444