page_title: RAF Chelveston
section_title: United States Army Air Forces use
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Chelveston / United States Army Air Forces use
caption_attribution_description: English: Visitors on the control tower at Chelveston, during a visit to the 305th Bomb Group
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Chelveston or more simply RAF Chelveston is a former Royal Air Force station located on the south side of the A645, 5 miles east of Wellingborough, near the village of Chelveston in Northamptonshire, England. During the Second World War the airfield was occupied by both the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces. It was given the USAAF designation Station 105.
  During the Cold War, Chelveston housed some flying units, however its main role was that of a readiness station to receive USAF units from the United States in case of an emergency. In the mid-1970s, the majority of the airfield was sold by the Ministry of Defence to private landholders, with the exception of a military housing area occupied by U.S. servicemembers assigned to RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth.
context_section_description: USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Chelveston were: 
  442d Sub-Depot
  18th Weather Squadron
  2d Station Complement Squadron
  1059th Military Police Company
  1632nd Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company
  876th Chemical Company (Air Operations)
  2030th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  5th Mobile Training Unit
  309th Medical Dispensary
caption: Visitors on the control tower at Chelveston, 1944
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