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Royal Air Force Catterick or RAF Catterick is a former Royal Air Force sector station located near Catterick, North Yorkshire in England. It is located alongside the A6055 road on the outskirts of Catterick Village. Although initially a flying station, RAF Catterick was primarily the depot of the RAF Regiment for nearly 50 years.
No. 1 Officer Cadet Training Unit was based at RAF Millom and later at RAF Jurby and RAF Feltwell; No. 2 Officer Cadet Training Unit was at RAF Kirton in Lindsey; The RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit, at RAF Henlow from 1965 to 1980, then merged with the Royal Air Force College Cranwell; Another Officer Cadet Training Unit was at RAF Spitalgate
The squadron was formed at RAF Catterick [1] on 10 May 1941. [2] It was the last RAF squadron to be formed mostly of escaped Czechoslovak pilots. Its first commander was the British Squadron Leader Gordon Sinclair. [3] On 29 July, Czechoslovak fighter pilot Josef Jaške was appointed as joint commander of the squadron. [4]
No. 332 Squadron Spitfire AH-S/L1031 at RAF Catterick. The squadron became operational on 21 March 1942, and moved on to RAF North Weald to operate alongside another Norwegian crewed squadron, No. 331 Squadron. With squadron code "AH", No. 332 squadron became part of No. 132 Wing alongside Norwegian No. 331 Squadron.
The location was chosen for its flat terrain and its situation close to the now disbanded Eryholme-Richmond branch line that had a sub branch line to Catterick Garrison and RAF Catterick. [4] The first unit to use the airfield was a detachment of Bristol Blenheim aircraft from No. 219 Squadron , which had reformed at RAF Catterick in the same ...
The Regiment also provided the RAF Fire Service sections at all RAF airfields and trained firefighters and rescue personnel at its main base RAF Catterick in North Yorkshire. The list below only lists squadrons that were under command of the regiment in 1989; the squadrons assigned to other units are listed under the RAF stations and airfields ...
RAF Northolt, Middlesex: 20 June 1940: 22 August 1940: RAF Manston, Kent: 22 August 1940: 12 September 1940: RAF Hornchurch, Essex: 12 September 1940: 12 October 1940: RAF Redhill, Surrey: 12 October 1940: 14 March 1941: RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire: Dets. at RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland; RAF Acklington, Northumberland and RAF Prestwick ...
The line was opened in 1915 and extended 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from Catterick Bridge station to a railway station in the middle of the garrison called Camp Centre, climbing steeply in its first 3 miles (5 km) at a gradient of 1-in-50, then 1-in-46.