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The Spitfire on Thornaby Road The Airmen memorial at Thornaby on the site of the former RAF Thornaby. RAF Thornaby closed to flying in October 1958 [43] when the Hawker Hunters of 92 Squadron left for RAF Middleton St George, [44] the station was reduced to a care and maintenance level until being sold to the then Thornaby-on-Tees Borough ...
No. 608 Squadron was formed at Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire as No. 608 County of York (North Riding) Squadron, on 17 March 1930 as a day bomber squadron within the Auxiliary Air Force. Its initial equipment was the Avro 504 N and Westland Wapiti , which the squadron flew until they were replaced with Hawker Demon fighters in January 1937 ...
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
RAF Wick: Detachment 1 January 1944: 1 August 1944: RAF Reykjavik, Iceland: Detachment 1 October 1944: September 1945: RAF Tain: Detachment 1 October 1944: September 1945: RAF Wick: Detachment 14 October 1944: 3 September 1945: RAF Thornaby: Posted 31 October 1944: 27 December 1944: RAF Banff: Detachment 27 December 1944: September 1945: RAF ...
RAF Hutton Cranswick; L. RAF Leconfield; RAF Leeming; ... RAF Thornaby; RAF Topcliffe; W. RAF Wombleton This page was last edited on 21 June 2014, at 04:31 (UTC). ...
No. 275 squadron was reformed at RAF Linton-on-Ouse as a sea and rescue Squadron to provide cover over the North Sea in March 1953 equipped with Sycamore HR.13 and HR.14 Helicopters, later relocating to RAF Thornaby on 18 November 1954 and remaining at Thornaby until October 1957 when the Squadron moved to RAF Leconfield.
RAF Gt Orton/RAF Wick/RAF Sumburgh (Dets.) No. 330 Squadron RAF: Short Sunderland: RAF Sullom Voe: No. 333 Squadron RAF: de Havilland Mosquito/Consolidated Catalina: RAF Sumburgh/RAF Leuchars/RAF Woodhaven: No. 521 (Meteorological) Squadron RAF: Lockheed Ventura/Supermarine Spitfire: RAF Skitten: No. 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flight RAF [30 ...
No. 280 Squadron was formed at RAF Thorney Island, England on 10 December 1941 as an air-sea rescue squadron. The squadron was equipped with the Avro Anson and was responsible for air-sea rescue along the south coast of England and East Anglia. The squadron re-equipped with the Vickers Warwick in October 1943.