Dave Homewood
May 11, 2005 at 11:47 am

Where were these desert airfields situated?

L.G.121 and L.G.224

Does anyone know where these desert landing grounds were situated? I assume the areas either don’t have a name, hence the number, or perhaps they were too difficult for English-speakers to pronounce? If the areas don’t have a name, where are they near ( and what distance are they from the nearby places approx?)

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By: Dave Homewood - 12th May 2005 at 11:15

Thanks Errol, much appreciated.

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By: Errol Martyn - 11th May 2005 at 12:29

Dave,

According to the indispensible ‘Royal Air Force Flying Training & Support Units’ by Ray Sturtivant, et al:

LG121 was located at 31.32.0 N : 26.11.5 E
unnamed but see below

LG224 was located at 30.07.0 N : 30.55.0 E
Cairo West alt Kilo 26 (on Cairo-Alexandria Rd), apparently changed from Kilo 26 designation to LG224 with effect from 1.9.42.

The equally indispensible ‘RAF Squadrons’ by ‘Jeff’ Jefford includes maps showing locations of all known airfields used by RAF Squadrons. He places LG121 about 15 miles ESE of Sidi Barrani.

Errol