Gransden Lodge Airfield

Gransden Lodge Airfield is a former wartime airfield located 10.1mi west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.The Cambridge University Gliding Club (now Cambridge Gliding Centre) moved to Gransden Lodge in October 1991, having previously shared Duxford Airfield with the Imperial War Museum Duxford.HistoryGransden Lodge opened in April 1942 as an operational RAF Bomber Command station called RAF Gransden Lodge with three concrete runways. At the end of 1945 the airfield was transferred to Transport Command but the last operational squadron was disbanded in February 1946. The RAF station closed in 1955 and it was also used for some motor races, including the 1st postwar motor race in the UK on 13 July 1947.Operational UnitsUnitsThe following units were here at some point:Current useThe Cambridge Gliding Centre now uses the airfield.