RAF Appledram

Royal Air Force Appledram or more simply RAF Appledram is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground 2.3 miles (3.7 km) southwest of Chichester, West Sussex, England and 12.2 miles (19.6 km) east of Portsmouth, Hampshire.

[3] Advanced Landing Grounds were temporary airfields with limited facilities intended for the upcoming invasion of France.

[3] Accommodation consisted largely of tents,[3][5] with one Blister hangar and metal mesh hardstanding for aircraft added during the autumn/winter of 1943–44.

On 6 June 1944, as Operation Overlord (the invasion of German-occupied Europe) took place, the wing's aircraft provided fighter cover over the beaches.

[6][10][11] RAF Appledram saw no further operational use, and it was released for farming in November 1944, with the hangar, runways and dispersals removed in January 1945.