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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 main façade of the building, which is 240 feet (73 m) in length, faces onto one of the public roads running through Catterick Camp. [7] It was listed for sale in January 1976, and ceased to be used for its intended purpose in 1983, being refurbished and reopened as a training establishment in 1986, though the Sandes homes charity continued ...
7 Wing RAF Regiment: 1 October 1951 - 30 September 1957: Yatesbury, Wunstorf [17] 8 Wing RAF Regiment: 12 November 1951- 16 November 1960: Yatesbury, Elhamra, Kasafareet, Abu Sueir, Nicosia [17] 9 Wing RAF Regiment: 1 September 1951 - September 1953: El Hamra, Shallufa [17] 16 Wing RAF Regiment: 21 August 1947 - 1 January 1958: Gutersloh ...
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]
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 ...
The base was opened in October 1939 as part of 13 Group RAF Fighter Command and a satellite station of RAF Catterick. [2] It was used by the Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces Ninth Air Force during the war. The famous No. 56 Squadron RAF flew Supermarine Spitfires from Scorton during the Second ...
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 ...