RAF Cheddington

RAF Cheddington RAF Marsworth USAAF Station 113
Located near Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
Aerial photograph of RAF Cheddington looking north, the bomb dump at the top, the control tower and technical site are at the bottom, 3 March 1944. Note the many Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of the Combat Crew Replacement Center parked on the loop hardstands.
RAF Cheddington Map showing the location of RAF Cheddington within Buckinghamshire
Coordinates	51°50′05.20″N 000°40′52.50″W / 51.8347778°N 0.6812500°W / 51.8347778; -0.6812500
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Controlled by	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1942 (origins begin 1917)
In use	1942–1948
Battles/wars	European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 – May 1945
Garrison information
Garrison	Eighth Air Force

Royal Air Force Cheddington or more simply RAF Cheddington (also known as RAF Marsworth) is a former Royal Air Force station located 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England. The airfield was closed in 1952.

Cheddington was used as a First World War aerodrome briefly during 1917. The airfield was closed after the armistice.

During the Second World War, Cheddington Airfield opened in March 1942 as a satellite station to RAF Wing, with 26 Operational Training Unit, Vickers Wellington bombers (these had the codes "EU" on the aircraft sides).

In September 1942 the airfield was transferred to the United States Army Air Forces. The Eighth Air Force 44th Bombardment Group was assigned to Cheddington, and three Consolidated B-24 Liberator squadrons (66th, 67th, 68th) had arrived from the United States. However, Eighth Air Force wanted to move the Liberator groups to Norfolk, and the 44th moved to RAF Shipdham in October.

With the movement of the Americans to Norfolk, the RAF transferred the No. 26 OTU back to Cheddington.

It was again transferred to the USAAF Eighth Air Force in August 1943 to become station 113, with Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of the Combat Crew Replacement Center, 8th Air Force. Also the 50th Fighter Squadron (8th Reconnaissance Group) was assigned to the station 15 March-12 April 1944, but was not made operational.

In 1944 specialist USAAF units arrived to perform special operations missions from the airfield, performing night leaflet drops over occupied areas of Europe, working with various special operations organizations, as well as electronic countermeasure (ECM) missions. Known squadrons assigned were: