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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 ...
No. 11 (Landplane) Preparation and Modification Unit RAF: Thornaby: 1 September 1945: Thornaby: 25 May 1946: Disbanded [18] No. 12 (Flying Boat) Preparation and Modification Unit RAF: RAF Calshot: 1 September 1945: Calshot: 25 April 1946: Disbanded [19] No. 1 Aircraft Delivery Flight RAF: Hendon: 3 March 1941: Andrews Field: 9 October 1945 ...
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The airfield was administered by No. 18 Group, RAF Coastal Command and No. 13 Group, RAF Fighter Command and known as Royal Air Force Wick (RAF Wick). A satellite airfield existed at RAF Skitten . On 21 May 1941, a photographic reconnaissance Supermarine Spitfire piloted by Flying Officer Michael F. Suckling took off from Wick, and flew to ...
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