Editing London Stansted Airport (section)

===Second World War===
{{Main|RAF Stansted Mountfitchet}}

The airfield opened in early July 1943 with a dedication ceremony for the Stansted Airfield with a parade of builders, the 825th Engineer Aviation Battalion EAB and the 850th Engineer Aviation Battalion EAB of the United States Army, along with a small group of the British Royal Engineers who offered to help and wanted to learn how to operate the heavy construction equipment.<ref>The Trials & Triumphs of a Regimental Commander During World War II By Colonel Thomas A. Glass p. 130</ref> Stansted Mountfitchet Airport was used during the Second World War as [[RAF Stansted Mountfitchet]] by the [[Royal Air Force]] and the [[United States Army Air Forces]] as a bomber airfield and as a major maintenance depot. Although the official name was Stansted Mountfitchet, the base was known as simply Stansted in both written and spoken form.

The station was first allocated to the [[USAAF]] [[Eighth Air Force]] in August 1942 as a heavy-bomber airfield. As well as an operational bomber base, Stansted was also an [[Air Materiel Command#Air Technical Services Command|Air Technical Services Command]] <!-- (ATSC) --> maintenance and supply depot concerned with major overhauls and modification of B-26s. After D-Day, these activities were transferred to France, but the base was still used as a supply storage area for the support of aircraft on the continent.