RAF Selsey
Selsey, West Sussex in England
Site information
Type	Advanced Landing Ground
Code	ZS
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Second Tactical Air Force
Location
RAF Selsey Shown within West Sussex Show map of West Sussex RAF Selsey RAF Selsey (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°45′19″N 000°46′10″W / 50.75528°N 0.76944°W / 50.75528; -0.76944
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
In use	1943-1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	6 metres (20 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface NE/SW 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Sommerfeld Tracking SE/NW 1,189 metres (3,901 ft) Sommerfeld Tracking

Royal Air Force Selsey or more simply RAF Selsey is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located 2 miles (3.2 km) north east of Selsey, West Sussex and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Chichester, West Sussex, England.

The following units were here at some point:

• No. 121 Airfield Headquarters RAF^[2]
  • No. 65 (East India) Squadron RAF (1943)^[3]
  • No. 245 (Northern Rhodesian) Squadron RAF (1943)^[4]
• No. 135 Airfield Headquarters RAF (renamed No. 135 (Fighter) Wing RAF on 15 May 1944)
  • No. 222 (Natal) Squadron RAF (1944)^[5]
  • No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF (1944)^[6]
  • No. 485 Squadron RNZAF (1944)^[7]
• No. 145 (French) (Fighter) Wing RAF
  • No. 329 (GC I/2 'Cicognes') Squadron RAF (1944)^[8]
  • No. 340 (GC IV/2 Île-de-France) Squadron RAF (1944)^[8]
  • No. 341 (GC III/2 'Alsace') Squadron RAF (1944)^[6]
• No. 33 Squadron RAF (1944)^[9]
• No. 74 Squadron RAF (1944)^[10]
• No. 131 Airfield Headquarters (Polish) RAF (1944)^[11]
• No. 421 Repair & Salvage Unit^[12]
• No. 1316 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment^[12]
• No. 2731 Squadron RAF Regiment^[12]
• No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment^[12]
• No. 2955 Squadron RAF Regiment^[12]

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