Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield

Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield Royal Air Force Lashenden USAAF Station AAF-410
Aerial photograph of RAF Lashenden (Headcorn) ALG Airfield oriented north, P-51 Mustangs of the 354th Fighter Group are parked on grass around the perimeter, 22 May 1944.
IATA: none ICAO: EGKH
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Mr. J.P.A. Freeman
Location	Ashford
Elevation AMSL	70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates	51°09′24″N 000°38′33″E / 51.15667°N 0.64250°E / 51.15667; 0.64250Coordinates: 51°09′24″N 000°38′33″E / 51.15667°N 0.64250°E / 51.15667; 0.64250
Map
EGKH Location in Kent
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 799 2,621 Grass 03/21 Unlicensed n/a n/a n/a
Sources: UK AIP at NATS

Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield (ICAO: EGKH) is a private airfield in Kent, England. The airfield is located 8 NM (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Maidstone; about 32 miles (51 km) southeast of London

Opened in 1943 during the Second World War, RAF Lashenden became a prototype for the temporary Advanced Landing Ground airfields that were built in France after D-Day, when the need for advanced landing fields became urgent as the Allied forces moved east across France and Germany. RAF Lashenden was used by the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and United States Army Air Forces before closing in September 1945.

After the war, the airfield reverted to farmland until the present private grass airfield was opened in the late 1960s.

Headcorn Aerodrome was first used for general aviation in 1927 when the local landowner flew with a group of friends.

The USAAF Ninth Air Force required several temporary Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG) along the channel coast prior to the June 1944 Normandy Landings to provide tactical air support for the ground forces landing in France.