Royal Air Force Catfoss, or more simply RAF Catfoss, is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War. It was located 4 miles (6.4 km)...
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in Northern England (Foss).> Catfoss Lane, between Catfoss and Brandesburton, is the location of the former RAF Catfoss, an airfield which is now home...
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GlobalSecurity.org. "RAF Catfoss". controltowers.co.uk. "RAF Catfoss in Hornsea, United Kingdom". Virtual Globetrotting. 3 June 2006. "Former RAF Catfoss". Wikimapia...
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bombing range at RAF Catfoss (later moved to the range at RAF Cowden), which was located off the coastline near to RAF Catfoss and RAF Lissett (it was...
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This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with...
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was a nominated 'dispersal base' for the RAF V bomber force. Also, after being transferred from RAF Catfoss in October 1945, and into the early 1950s...
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early 1944. No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF was formed on 1 October 1940 at RAF Catfoss. Its role was training strike and twin-engined fighter...
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List of former Royal Air Force stations (redirect from List of former RAF stations)
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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re-numbered No. 60 squadron. The squadron reformed on 16 September 1935 at RAF Catfoss, and was equipped with the Handley Page Heyford. The squadron was disbanded...
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List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units (redirect from No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF)
(Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (2 (C)OTU) 2 OTU was formed in 1940 as part of Coastal Command at RAF Catfoss for training aircrew on coastal command...
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PGM-17 Thor (section Books referencing RAF use)
Yorkshire No. 226 (Strategic Missile) Squadron – RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire No. 240 (Strategic Missile) Squadron – RAF Breighton, Yorkshire No. 3 Group Feltwell...
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of Yorkshire, England. Originally required as satellite airfield for RAF Catfoss the land was requisitioned in 1940. Although constrained by three roads...
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and participated in the annual bombing competition (usually held at RAF Catfoss). After a mock combat exercise in the summer of 1930 with Armstrong Whitworth...
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Thorpe Camp (section Dedications to RAF Woodhall Spa)
becoming No. 60 Squadron. The squadron was reformed on 16 September 1935 at RAF Catfoss, and later became one of the Pathfinder squadrons in April 1943. [citation...
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Torpedo Training Unit RAF operated with Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber RAF Catfoss No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF aircrew training for...
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transferred to RAF Catfoss in March 1944. In 1958, RAF Sutton Bridge was closed, and its land site sold to the Ministry of Agriculture. The former RAF station...
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total of 44 people, as well as RAF airfields such as RAF Driffield, RAF Catfoss and RAF Leconfield. An attack on RAF Driffield on 15 August 1940 killed...
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No. 616 Squadron RAuxAF (redirect from No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron RAF)
unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) assigned to the RAF ISTAR Force at RAF Waddington. It was originally formed as a unit of the British Auxiliary...
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then on to No. 11 Elementary Flying School at RAF Shawbury. After that, he was posted to RAF Catfoss in 1939, towing targets for the armament training...
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discovered near the village. From the 1930s, and into the Second World War RAF Catfoss was located just to the north-east of the village. The civil parish was...
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Ludford Magna Bardney Coleby Grange Caistor Driffield Full Sutton Carnaby Catfoss Breighton North Luffenham Polebrook Folkingham Harrington Melton Mowbray...
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served as the Commanding Officer of No. 1 Armament Training Camp at RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire, from 1 March 1932, and on 15 November was assigned to the...
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List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units (redirect from No. 1 Maintenance Unit RAF)
Storage Units (ASU)s. List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons List of RAF Regiment units List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons List of Army Air...
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No. 25 Group RAF is a former Royal Air Force group. It was initially active between 1918 and 1919. It reformed during 1937, remaining active throughout...
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Between September 1939 and June 1940, he served as a staff pilot at RAF Catfoss. He was commissioned on 25 August 1940 as a pilot officer (on probation)...
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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...
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Donald Kingaby (section RAF career)
(war substantive), and was posted to the Advanced Gunnery School at RAF Catfoss, remaining there until the end of the war. An acting wing commander at...
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Nunkeeling Priory Benedictine nuns founded 1152 by Agnes de Arches (Agnes de Catfoss); with regular priests or brethren 12th century until sometime after 1318;...
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the end of the year he was taken off operations for a rest. Posted to Catfoss to attend the Central Gunnery School there, Browne then proceeded to No...
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Gunnery School at Catfoss. He was to take an instructor's course there but a few days after his arrival, his service with the RAF ended and he was transferred...
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