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RAF Topcliffe was a satellite station which served in the role of a Relief Landing Ground for Short Tucano T.1 aircraft of No. 1 Flying Training School previously based nearby at RAF Linton-on-Ouse (one of two, the other being Dishforth Airfield).
Sedbergh TX.1: RAF Durham: RAF Middleton St George: 1 September 1955: Disbanded 27 Gliding School: October 1943: RAF Woolsington: Cadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3 Sedbergh TX.1: RAF Ouston: RAF Usworth: 1 September 1955: Disbanded 28 Gliding School: January 1945: RAF Firbeck: Cadet TX.1/TX.2: RAF Middleton St George Det: RAF Sutton Bank RAF Topcliffe: RAF ...
The squadron was again reformed on 1 July 1953 as a maritime reconnaissance unit at RAF Topcliffe, flying Lockheed P-2 Neptunes until 28 February 1957. The following year, on 1 September, the squadron re-emerged at RAF Colerne as a transport squadron, flying the Handley Page Hastings previously operated by No. 511 Squadron RAF , and ...
Airfields used: RAF Finningley; Aircraft used: Air Electronics and Engineers School RAF (1967-83) [3] Airfields used: RAF Topcliffe, RAF Finningley; Aircraft used: Vickers Varsity T.1 & Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1; The Air Electronics School RAF (1960-67) [3] Airfields used: RAF Hullavington, RAF Topcliffe; Aircraft used: Avro Anson T.22 ...
A total of 16 aircraft were transferred to RAF Topcliffe, Yorks in June 1958 when No.1 Air Navigation School relocated there. By February 1959, only eight were airworthy. Apart from mechanical unreliability, the Marathon reportedly possessed a relatively tail-heavy trim, an absolute ceiling of 9,500 feet, and a rate of climb of only 300 ft a ...
This list of Royal Air Force stations is an overview of all current stations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. This includes front-line and training airbases , support, administrative and training stations with no flying activity, unmanned airfields used for training, intelligence gathering stations and an ...
No. 1 Flying Training School RAF 2 Maritime Air Wing (2 MAW) Training: Topcliffe (Apr 1970) [15] First unit to operate the Gazelle AH.1 (6 July 1974) [16] Disbanded (Dec 1977) Formerly No. 11 Flight AAC - Sioux AH.1 & Scout AH.1 [17] Formerly No. 660 Aviation Squadron AAC [18] Disbanded 20 Dec 1993 [19] 661 Squadron: Germany: 1 Nov 1978 [15 ...
RAF Topcliffe: 1 January 1967: RAF Topcliffe: Became Training Commands Communication Squadron RAF [37] Reserve Command Communication Squadron RAF: 10 September 1946: RAF White Waltham: 1 August 1950: RAF White Waltham: Became Home Command Communication Squadron RAF [38] Royal Air Force Bengal/Burma Communication Squadron RAF: 4 December 1944 ...