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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.
This is a list of Officer Cadet Training Units, or OCTUs, which were British military establishments for training future commissioned officers of the British Army, the British Indian Army, and the Royal Air Force, to complement the limited capacity at the traditional military academies such as the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
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 ]
Pilots of 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron lend a hand pushing an early Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXb at RAF Biggin Hill in late 1942. Note the 611 unit identifier 'FY' and the individual aircraft identifier letter 'V'. Most units of the Royal Air Force (RAF) are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron ...
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.
No. 3 Aircraft Delivery Flight RAF: Hawarden: 10 March 1941: Catterick: 22 November 1944: Disbanded [20] No. 4 Aircraft Delivery Flight RAF: Grangemouth: 10 March 1941: Hutton Cranswick: 31 October 1945: Disbanded [20] No. 1 Aircraft Delivery Unit RAF: Hendon: 22 March 1941: Andrews Field: 9 October 1945: Disbanded [20] No. 2 Aircraft Delivery ...
No. 332 Squadron Spitfire AH-S/L1031 at RAF Catterick. The squadron became operational on 21 March 1942, and moved on to RAF North Weald to operate alongside another Norwegian crewed squadron, No. 331 Squadron. With squadron code "AH", No. 332 squadron became part of No. 132 Wing alongside Norwegian No. 331 Squadron.
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 ...