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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.
Agreed in December 1939, the program was known in Australia as the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). [2] The first Australian training schools were established the following year. [ 3 ] Course duration and content evolved over time but the basic structure of the scheme remained the same for the duration of the war. [ 4 ]
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
No. 60 Operational Training Unit RAF: 60 OTU AU: No. 148 Squadron RAF: 148 Sqn AU: ... No. 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit/Flight RAF: 1 CACU/Flt SX: Station ...
The line was opened in 1915 and extended 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from Catterick Bridge station to a railway station in the middle of the garrison called Camp Centre, climbing steeply in its first 3 miles (5 km) at a gradient of 1-in-50, then 1-in-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]
Catterick Bridge, a hamlet and bridge in North Yorkshire; Catterick Bridge railway station, formerly in Brompton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire; Catterick Garrison, British Army garrison near Catterick village in North Yorkshire RAF Catterick, former Royal Air Force base in North Yorkshire; Catterick, Western Australia, a locality in Western Australia
Pegasus Company (also known as P Company or P Coy) is a training and selection organisation of the British Armed Forces based at the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick, North Yorkshire. P Coy run the 'Pre-Parachute Selection' courses for Parachute Regiment recruits and regular and reserve personnel from across the UK armed forces who volunteer ...