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| Opened in July 1940 it was used as a fighter station by the RAF before handed over to the USAAF in July 1942. It was on the 26th July that the 31st Fighter group became the first US fighter unit to start ops in the European arena. Up until March 1945 various US and RAF fighter units used the airfield and it was closed shortly until July 1945 when a Royal Navy unit moved in. This left in November 1945 and was placed into care until closure on the 13th May 1946. The airfield was transformed into the Goodwood racing track shortly after the war. | ||