page_title: RAF Sawbridgeworth
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Sawbridgeworth
caption_attribution_description: English: IWM caption&#160;: A North-American Mustang Mark I, AL995 'XV-S', of No. 2 Squadron RAF, undergoes an overhaul on its dispersal point at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, as another aircraft of the squadron overflys the airfield. Clearly no Mustang! Perhaps Hurricane?
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Sawbridgeworth or RAF Sawbridgeworth is a former Royal Air Force station located 5.2 miles north of Harlow, Essex and 14.4 miles east of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
  The airfield was used during the First World War as a night landing ground for fighter aircraft of the Home Defence squadrons protecting London against attacks from German airships. During the inter-war period it was occasionally used for glider and civilian flying until 1937 when it became Mathams Wood Advanced Landing Ground. In 1940 it was renamed RAF Sawbridgeworth after correspondence between the 2 Squadron Commanding Officer Wing Commander A. J. W. Geddes and the Air Ministry in London. It ceased active operations in 1944 and, after a number of ground-based units operated from the site, was finally closed in mid-1946 and safeguarding relinquished by the RAF in May 1956.
context_section_description: Royal Air Force Sawbridgeworth or RAF Sawbridgeworth is a former Royal Air Force station located 5.2 miles (8.4 km) north of Harlow, Essex and 14.4 miles (23.2 km) east of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
  The airfield was used during the First World War as a night landing ground for fighter aircraft of the Home Defence squadrons protecting London against attacks from German airships. During the inter-war period it was occasionally used for glider and civilian flying until 1937 when it became Mathams Wood Advanced Landing Ground (named after the nearby wooded area). In 1940 it was renamed RAF Sawbridgeworth after correspondence between the 2(AC) Squadron (and station) Commanding Officer Wing Commander A. J. W. Geddes and the Air Ministry in London. It ceased active operations in 1944 and, after a number of ground-based units operated from the site, was finally closed in mid-1946 and safeguarding relinquished by the RAF in May 1956.
caption: Mustang aircraft at RAF Sawbridgeworth during WWII.
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