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Royal Air Force Dishforth or more simply RAF Dishforth is a former Royal Air Force station near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, England.Opened in 1936, the base was used as a bomber airfield during the Second World War with both British and Canadian squadrons flying missions from the airfield.
Dishforth was transferred from the RAF to Army Air Corps use by 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in 1992 and became known as Dishforth Airfield. [ 11 ] Dishforth was the first base to receive the AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 helicopter, [ 12 ] and had 16, divided between 2 squadrons.
RAF Debden, Essex: England: Dishforth Airfield, North Yorkshire: England: RAF Dishforth: 1992–2016: now used by 6 Regiment RLC: Dhekelia Airfield, Larnaca Bay: Akrotiri and Dhekelia [12] RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi City County: Kenya [13] Falaise Airfield, Little Aden: Aden (Yemen) 1960s [14] Farnborough, Hampshire: England [15] RAF Feltwell ...
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 ...
The following is a list of Royal Air Force Maintenance Units ... RAF St Athan between 1 July 1939 and 1 November ... RAF Dishforth between 1 March 1962 and 2 February ...
No. 1325 (Transport) Flight comprising three Douglas Dakota aircraft, formed at RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire, on 1 August 1956 [1] to support Operation Buffalo and Operation Antler British nuclear tests at Maralinga. 1325 Flight was soon relocated to Christmas Island to support the Grapple series of nuclear tests in that remote Pacific region.
On 13 April 1989 XZ359 a SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A of No. 41 Squadron RAF flew into a cliff near St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire, one RAF Officer killed. [ 55 ] On 14 June 1989 XX291 a Hawker Siddeley Hawk T1 of No. 4 Flying Training School RAF collided with another Hawk while flying in formation and crashed near Borth, Dyfed, one killed.
A diagram of RAF Dishforth circa 1950, not to scale. The A1 road is on the western side, and this shows the layout of the airfield in the shape of an 'A', which was common in expansion era airfields of the Royal Air Force.