Royal Air Force Silloth, or more simply RAF Silloth, is a former Royal Air Force station one mile (1.6 km) north-east of Silloth, Cumbria, England, and 6.7 miles (10.8 km) south-west of Kirkbride, Cumbria. The station was used by RAF Coastal Command.
The airfield is also known as Silloth Airfield/Aerodrome.[2]
^"RAF Silloth". Control Towers. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
Royal Air Force Silloth, or more simply RAFSilloth, is a former Royal Air Force station one mile (1.6 km) north-east of Silloth, Cumbria, England, and...
Silloth (sometimes known as Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. Historically in the county of Cumberland...
RAF Kinloss, is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north east of Scotland, UK. The RAF station...
available No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF - 1940 to 1943. The OTU was based at nearby RAFSilloth, but routinely used Kirkbride for training flights...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
(Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (1 (C)OTU) The Unit was formed in 1940 as part of RAF Coastal Command at RAFSilloth for training aircrew on coastal...
Museums. Retrieved 29 May 2012. Smith 1990, p. 32. Smith 1990, p. 187. "Silloth". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 29 May 2012. "The...
did involve aircraft from RAF Jurby, but the figures also include aircraft from other stations such as RAFSilloth and RAF Millom. The first fatal wartime...
Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) at RAFSilloth but changed to No. 12 MU at RAF Kirkbride. The landing ground was also temporarily operated by No. 18 MU at RAF Dumfries...
runs for approximately twelve-and-a-quarter miles between the towns of Silloth-on-Solway and Wigton in Cumbria, United Kingdom. From west to east, it...
Unit, RAF Aston Down, No. 41 Group (see Flightglobal.com) No. 21 Maintenance Unit, RAF Fauld, No. 42 Group No. 22 Maintenance Unit, RAFSilloth No. 25...
A Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) is a type of British Royal Air Force (RAF) aviation facility that typically consists of an airfield with one or two grass...
that fall Seaman's initial training was complete, and he was sent to RAFSilloth and assigned to a Lockheed Hudson as part of a four-man crew. From November...
order of battle of RAF Coastal Command throughout the Second World War in the European Theatre of World War II. No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command...
Crew Pool Unit RAF Ferry Training and Despatch Unit RAF Ferry Training Unit RAF Overseas Ferry Unit RAF Service Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Lake 1999, p. 68...
the site of RAF Great Orton, also known as Wiggonby airfield during World War II. It was opened in June 1943 as a satellite of RAFSilloth, it closed in...
Captain's Table, Ship). During a routine training flight from its base at RAFSilloth a mechanical failure prompted a forced landing. The pilot chose a field...
Wigglesworth, CB, AFC (17 October 1893 – 8 August 1961) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played a first-class match...
of another rail connected harbour further west, at Silloth. Accordingly, the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway was incorporated on 16 July 1855 and opened...
10 March No. 6 OTU moved to Silloth. On 23 March 1943 No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF arrived from Silloth and trained Handley Page Halifax...
Kelsick is accessed by two side-roads off the B5302 road, which runs between Silloth and Wigton. The name Kelsick is believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon...
on take-off at Silloth. 20 April 1950 RF408 of No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF landed with wheels-up during an overshoot at RAF Scampton. 11 May...
maiden flight; almost exactly one year later, it enter service with the RAF. During official evaluation testing of the Botha, stability issues were revealed...
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