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No. 279 Squadron remained at Thornaby and in September 1945 moved its HQ to RAF Beccles where the squadron was to convert to the Lancaster ASR.III, leaving only a detachment behind at Thornaby. In the event it was the detachment at Thornaby that received and converted to them and 279 flew their first operational sorties in the Lancaster on 8 ...
Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire and falls under Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census, in the Teesside built-up area. [1] [2] It is located on the south bank of the River Tees.
Stainsby, in North Yorkshire, England, is an abandoned village near the Acklam suburb of Middlesbrough and town of Thornaby. Little more than mounds near the A19 road are now visible. [1] The site is a scheduled monument. [2] Stainsby Grange Farm, Stainsby Hall Farm and Stainsby Hill Farm retain the former village's name.
A sub-station was located at RAF Croft, Yorkshire although RAF Thornaby was closer yet never held sub-station status. [3] Canadian Squadrons based here were 419 "Moose" Squadron , which flew Vickers Wellingtons , Halifaxes, and Avro Lancasters , 420 "Snowy Owl" Squadron , which flew Wellingtons, and 428 "Ghost" Squadron , which flew Wellingtons ...
No. 608 Squadron was formed at Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire as No. 608 County of York (North Riding) Squadron, on 17 March 1930 as a day bomber squadron within the Auxiliary Air Force. Its initial equipment was the Avro 504 N and Westland Wapiti , which the squadron flew until they were replaced with Hawker Demon fighters in January 1937 ...
The A174 is a major road in North Yorkshire, England.It runs from the A19 road at Thornaby-on-Tees, across South Teesside and down the Yorkshire Coast to Whitby.The A174 is the coastal route between Teesside and Whitby; the alternative road, the A171, is described as being the moorland route.
Teesside Park is a retail and leisure park in Thornaby-on-Tees, built in 1988.Located just off the A66 near the A66/A19 interchange, it is split between the unitary authorities of Stockton-on-Tees (retail park) and Middlesbrough (leisure park) with the line of the Old River Tees, which runs down the middle of the development, forming the boundary between the two authorities. [1]
Teesside Park retail complex, built on the site of the old Stockton Racecourse. Stockton Racecourse (September 1855 - 16 June 1981), also known as Teesside Park, was a British horse racing venue near Thornaby-on-Tees in the North Riding of Yorkshire England, once considered "the finest in the north".