RAF Selsey

50°45′19″N 000°46′10″W / 50.75528°N 0.76944°W / 50.75528; -0.76944TypeAdvanced Landing GroundCodeZSSite informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Second Tactical Air ForceSite historyBuilt1943 (1943)In use1943-1945 (1945)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield informationElevation6 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 north east of Selsey, West Sussex and 5 miles south of Chichester, West Sussex, England.

The following units were here at some point:

• No. 121 Airfield RAF^[2]
  • No. 65 Squadron RAF (1943)^[3]
  • No. 245 Squadron RAF (1943)^[4]
• No. 135 Airfield RAF (renamed No. 135 (Fighter) Wing RAF on 15 May 1944)
  • No. 222 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 Squadron RAF (1944)^[8]
  • No. 340 Squadron RAF (1944)^[8]
  • No. 341 Squadron RAF (1944)^[6]
• No. 33 Squadron RAF (1944)^[9]
• No. 74 Squadron RAF (1944)^[10]
• No. 131 Airfield (Polish) RAF
• No. 421 Repair & Salvage Unit^[11]
• No. 1316 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment^[11]
• No. 2731 Squadron RAF Regiment^[11]
• No. 2800 Squadron RAF Regiment^[11]
• No. 2955 Squadron RAF Regiment^[11]

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• Falconer, J (1998). RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2175-9.
• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.