Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The last fare-paying passenger train to run on the branch from Catterick Camp Centre railway station was on 26 October 1964, though a connection to the base could still be made at Catterick Bridge station on the main branchline. [32] [33] The last train to run from Catterick Camp Centre railway station was on 8 December 1969. [34]
The parish contains the village of Catterick and the surrounding area. To the south of the village is Marne Barracks , formerly RAF Catterick, which contains five listed buildings. Most of the other listed buildings are houses and associated structures, shops and cottages, and the others include a church, a tombstone in the churchyard and its ...
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 ...
Catterick Garrison is located on the A6136 road, connecting Richmond with the A1(M) at Catterick Village, 4.7 miles (7.6 km) to the east. Nearby are the suburban settlements of Scotton 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south and Hipswell 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to the east, as well as Colburn, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the east. [44]
On 21 September 1945, the squadron was disbanded at Værnes as an RAF unit and passed to the control of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF). During the war between them, No. 331 and No. 332 Squadrons scored many air victories: 180 confirmed destroyed, 35 probables and more than 100 damaged.
The RAF Regiment had their home depot at the nearby RAF Catterick between 1946 and 1994, after which date, they moved to RAF Honington. During the 50-year anniversary celebrations of the RAF Regiment in 1992, The Queen awarded the RAF regiment a new colour and the old one was 'laid up' in the RAF Regiment Chapel in the Church of St Anne. [ 46 ]
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]