RAF Little Walden USAAF Station 165
Saffron Walden, Essex in England
RAF Little Walden Shown within Essex
Coordinates	52°04′06″N 000°16′00″E / 52.06833°N 0.26667°E / 52.06833; 0.26667
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	LL
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces
Controlled by	Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force
Site history
Built	1944 (1944)
In use	March 1944 - September 1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete

Royal Air Force Little Walden or more simply RAF Little Walden is a former Royal Air Force station primarily used by the United States Army Air Forces located north of Saffron Walden, Essex, England.

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• 56th Fighter Group (Republic P-47 Thunderbolt)
  • 61st Fighter Squadron
  • 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • 63rd Fighter Squadron
• 97th Combat Bombardment Wing (Light)
• 97th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium)
• 361st Fighter Group (P-47/North American P-51 Mustang)
  • 374th Fighter Squadron
  • 375th Fighter Squadron
  • 376th Fighter Squadron
• 409th Bombardment Group (Ninth Air Force)
• 493rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress)
  • 860th Bombardment Squadron
  • 861st Bombardment Squadron
  • 862d Bombardment Squadron
  • 863rd Bombardment Squadron

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