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Gransden Lodge opened as a satellite of Tempsford early in 1942. A typical wartime station, well dispersed and unusually set away from roads and amidst fields, it had the customary three runways,'036'of 2,000yards and two of 1,400yards. There were two'T2'hangars and a 'Bl', along with 36 hardstandings. Trials of Gee, the navigation aid, were conducted from Gransden Lodge. The airfields was home to No 1474 Flight from July 1942 who were later renames 192 sqd. they flew Wellingtons, Halifaxes, Mosquitoes and Ansons in in the role of enemy signal investigation. The station's main runway was maintained into the 1950s for emergency use. Today the airfield is used by the Cambridge Gliding Club.
GRANSDEN LODGE
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