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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.
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]
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
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.
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 ...
Wallens joined the Royal Air Force on a short service commission in 1937. He joined his first squadron No. 41 Squadron RAF at RAF Catterick on 26 March 1938. [1] From August to October 1938 he undertook further flying training before rejoining the squadron. He was granted the rank of Pilot Officer in October 1939 [2] and Flying Officer in July ...
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 ...
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]