Royal Air Force flying station Parent station 1936-43 61 Base Substation 1943-44 76 Base Substation[1]
Code
DH[1]
Area
215 hectares
Site information
Owner
Ministry of Defence
Operator
Royal Air Force (1936–1943 and 1945–1992) Royal Canadian Air Force (1943–1945)
Controlled by
RAF Bomber Command * No. 4 Group RAF * No. 6 Group RCAF
Condition
Closed
Site history
Built
1935 (1935)/36
In use
September 1936 – 1992 (1992)
Fate
Transferred to the British Army's Army Air Corps and became Dishforth Airfield.
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II Cold War
Garrison information
Past commanders
Tim Piper[2]
Desmond J. Scott[3]
Airfield information
Identifiers
ICAO: EGXD, WMO: 03261
Elevation
36 metres (118 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
10/28
1,362 metres (4,469 ft) Asphalt
15/33
1,858 metres (6,096 ft) Asphalt
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. After the war, the base was used by various squadrons and training units before being disposed of in 1992 and handed over to the Army Air Corps.
^ abcFalconer 2012, p. 80.
^Rees-Mogg, William, ed. (4 January 1978). "Air Marshal Sir Tim Piper". The Times. No. 60201. p. 14. ISSN 0140-0460.
Royal Air Force Dishforth or more simply RAFDishforth is a former Royal Air Force station near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, England. Opened in 1936, the...
original route of the Great North Road runs through the village but RAFDishforth was built over the old road which used to be the A1 and later the A167...
for RAF Linton-on-Ouse. 6 Regiment RLC is currently located at Dishforth. It is located next to the A1(M) at Junction 49 with the A168. Dishforth airfield...
Luftwaffe (German air force) intended to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF). The operation came during the Battle of Britain after Britain rejected...
Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012. "RAFDishforth". Air of Authority. Retrieved 20 November 2012. "Preservation Projects"...
1957, No. 30 Squadron received its Beverleys, being initially based at RAFDishforth. In June 1958, it participated in airlift operations to Iraq in response...
1668 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF arriving from RAF Leicester East, which stayed until 5 January 1948 when it moved to RAFDishforth. No. 1331 Heavy Transport...
operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF). With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling...
1943–1949 (RAF Lyneham, England) No. 241 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (RAFDishforth, England) Air Command South East Asia Communications Squadron (RAF Ratmalana...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
A167, also for RAF Topcliffe (which is still operational), and access to the east for Dalton and the former RAF Dalton. RAFDishforth, Dalton, and Topcliffe...
United Kingdom (and its Crown Dependencies) begin with the two letters "EG". RAF Mount Pleasant on the Falkland Islands also uses the "EG" code. Airport names...
based nearby at RAF Linton-on-Ouse (one of two, the other being Dishforth Airfield). Tucano Element of No. 6 Flying Training School RAF between April 1995...
run near RAF Leuchars, one killed. 20 January 1951 TG295 a De Havilland Vampire F.1 of 203 AFS lost control and crashed near RAFDishforth, one killed...
1988, p. 103. Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since...
Command until disbanded on 15 October 1947. No 242 OCU, was posted to RAFDishforth, received its Blackburn Beverley Flight in 1957. The OCU's instructors...
with ground personnel at nearby RAFDishforth also spotting a similarly-described disc seemingly following an RAF Meteor jet fighter, as it manouvered...
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