Royal Air Force Station Grove or more simply RAF Grove is a former Royal Air Force station in Berkshire then later Oxfordshire, England. The airfield is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Wantage; about 55 miles (89 km) west-northwest of London
Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used primarily as a reconnaissance airfield. After the war it was closed in 1946.
Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property being used as agricultural fields
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