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style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="label"><a href="/wiki/Scorton,_North_Yorkshire" title="Scorton, North Yorkshire">Scorton</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a> in England</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Scorton_-_26_Jun_1941_Airphoto.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Black and white vertical aerial imagery showing the runways and the River Swale in the bottom left" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/RAF_Scorton_-_26_Jun_1941_Airphoto.jpg/250px-RAF_Scorton_-_26_Jun_1941_Airphoto.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/RAF_Scorton_-_26_Jun_1941_Airphoto.jpg/375px-RAF_Scorton_-_26_Jun_1941_Airphoto.jpg 1.5x, 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Yorkshire</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=RAF_Scorton&params=54_24_03_N_001_37_30_W_region:GB_type:airport"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°24′03″N</span> <span class="longitude">001°37′30″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.40083°N 1.62500°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.40083; -1.62500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">Royal Air Force Satellite Station</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Code</th><td class="infobox-data">SO/425</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Ministry" title="Air Ministry">Air Ministry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">RAF Fighter Command</a><br /><a href="/wiki/RAF_Balloon_Command" title="RAF Balloon Command">RAF Balloon Command</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1939<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1939</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">October 1939 - 1945<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1945</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">European theatre of World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">61 metres (200 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFalconer199878_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFalconer199878-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">AMSL</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #ddd"> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 1px 0;">Runways</th> </tr><tr style="background-color: #ddd; text-align: left;"> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 25%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 0;padding:1px 2px;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Orientation_and_dimensions" title="Runway">Direction</a></th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 75%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 0 0 1px;padding:1px 2px;">Length and surface</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">258</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,600 yards (1,463 m) Tarmac</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">220</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,200 yards (1,097 m) Tarmac</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">351</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,200 yards (1,097 m) Tarmac</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Royal Air Force Scorton</b> or more simply <b>RAF Scorton</b> is a former <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">satellite station</a> located next to the village of <a href="/wiki/Scorton,_North_Yorkshire" title="Scorton, North Yorkshire">Scorton</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a>, England. The base was opened in October 1939 as part of <a href="/wiki/No._13_Group_RAF" title="No. 13 Group RAF">13 Group</a> <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">RAF Fighter Command</a> and a satellite station of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Catterick" title="RAF Catterick">RAF Catterick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was used by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a> during the war. </p><p>The famous <a href="/wiki/No._56_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 56 Squadron RAF">No. 56 Squadron RAF</a> flew <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfires</a> from Scorton during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. Also the USAAF 422d and 425th Night Fighter Squadrons were stationed at Scorton flying the <a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">Northrop P-61 Black Widow</a> fighter.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpenny1982167_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpenny1982167-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the war, it was kept for a while as a Maintenance Unit base, then disposed of in the 1950s. It is now a site of gravel extraction. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Scorton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The location was chosen for its flat terrain and its situation close to the now disbanded <a href="/wiki/Eryholme-Richmond_branch_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Eryholme-Richmond branch line">Eryholme-Richmond branch line</a> that had a sub branch line to <a href="/wiki/Catterick_Garrison" title="Catterick Garrison">Catterick Garrison</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Catterick" title="RAF Catterick">RAF Catterick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CL_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first unit to use the airfield was a detachment of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> aircraft from <a href="/wiki/No._219_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 219 Squadron RAF">No. 219 Squadron</a>, which had reformed at RAF Catterick in the same month that Scorton had opened.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpenny1982166_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpenny1982166-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999242_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELake1999242-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOtter200353_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOtter200353-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although originally designated as a satellite station, in 1941, the site was extended into a 'full' RAF station with 12 hangars and three tarmac runways,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the main east/west runway measuring 4,800 feet (1,500 m) compared to RAF Catterick's runway which was 3,300 feet (1,000 m). This was done because Catterick could not be extended as it was sandwiched between the <a href="/wiki/Great_North_Road_(Great_Britain)" title="Great North Road (Great Britain)">Great North Road</a> and the <a href="/wiki/River_Swale" title="River Swale">River Swale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpenny198245_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpenny198245-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the decoy landing site at <a href="/wiki/Birkby,_North_Yorkshire" title="Birkby, North Yorkshire">Birkby</a> (to the east near to <a href="/wiki/Danby_Wiske" title="Danby Wiske">Danby Wiske</a>, came under the command of Scorton, having previously been an asset of RAF Catterick.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On its re-opening, the first squadron allocated to Scorton was <a href="/wiki/No._122_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 122 Squadron RAF">No. 122</a>, which was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_(early_Merlin-powered_variants)#Mk_V_(Types_331,_349_and_352)" title="Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants)">Mark V Spitfires</a> for convoy patrols over the North Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOtter200356_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOtter200356-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 122 left for <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hornchurch" title="RAF Hornchurch">RAF Hornchurch</a> in 1942, with <a href="/wiki/406_Maritime_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron">No. 406 Squadron RCAF</a> and No. 219 Squadron later operating from the base. Initially, four aircraft from No. 406 Sqn were detached to Scorton from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Drem" title="RAF Drem">RAF Drem</a> in February 1942, with the rest of the squadron following in the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both 219 and 406 would later move out again and during 1943, <a href="/wiki/No._167_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 167 Squadron RAF">No. 167 Squadron</a> was reformed at Scorton, before moving to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Castletown" title="RAF Castletown">RAF Castletown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOtter200356–57_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOtter200356–57-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between the spring of 1943, and the spring of 1944, Scorton was host to <a href="/wiki/No._604_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 604 Squadron RAF">No. 604 Squadron</a> who arrived from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Ford">RAF Ford</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._56_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 56 Squadron RAF">No. 56 Squadron</a> from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath" title="RAF Martlesham Heath">RAF Martlesham Heath</a>. The squadrons flew <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Beaufighters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Typhoon" title="Hawker Typhoon">Typhoons</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOtter200357_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOtter200357-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:422d_Night_Fighter_Squadron_Northrop_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5565.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/422d_Night_Fighter_Squadron_Northrop_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5565.jpg/220px-422d_Night_Fighter_Squadron_Northrop_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5565.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/422d_Night_Fighter_Squadron_Northrop_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5565.jpg/330px-422d_Night_Fighter_Squadron_Northrop_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5565.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/422d_Night_Fighter_Squadron_Northrop_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5565.jpg/440px-422d_Night_Fighter_Squadron_Northrop_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5565.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1553" data-file-height="1084" /></a><figcaption>Northrop P-61A-10-NO Black Widow Serial 42-5565 "Double Trouble" of the 422d Night Fighter Squadron.</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 1944, the USAAF <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a> transferred two <a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">Northrop P-61 Black Widow</a> night interceptor squadrons, No.s 422 and 425, to Scorton from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down" title="RAF Charmy Down">RAF Charmy Down</a> near Bath in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, to train and fly with the RAF night fighter Operational Training Unit assigned there.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpenny1982167_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpenny1982167-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially flying <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquitoes</a>, their first P-61 arrived at Scorton in May 1944 and their first assignment was to chase night-flying <a href="/wiki/V-1_(flying_bomb)" class="mw-redirect" title="V-1 (flying bomb)">V-1</a> "buzz bombs".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve2006229_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve2006229-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scorton was known as <i>USAAF Station AAF-425</i> for security reasons by the USAAF during the war, and by which it was referred to instead of location.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Black Widows would be vectored to intercept approaching V-1s by ground control. Since the V-1 was a little faster than the P-61, the Black Widow had to approach the V-1 from behind and go into a slight dive in order to catch up with it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Leary1986342_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Leary1986342-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Black Widow V-1 "kill" took place on 16 July 1944, credited to pilot Herman Ernst and radar operator Edward Kopsel of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron. One of the greatest dangers involved in killing V-1s was the possibility of getting too close to the flying bomb when one fired at it, running the risk of damage to their own plane if the bomb exploded when hit. </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a>, the USAAF Black Widows moved to Advanced Landing Grounds at Maupertus (A-15) (422d NFS) near Cherbourg and Vannes (A-33N) (425th NFS) in Brittany France to intercept German night fighters and bombers attacking Allied positions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Leary1986344_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Leary1986344-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the two American squadrons vacated the base, it was quiet again for a period before the site was transferred from Fighter Command to Balloon Command who used the site for storage. At the end of the war, the airfield was surplus to requirements, but was used first by No. 221 Maintenance Unit, and then with No. 91 Maintenance Unit, who vacated the site in 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve2006229_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve2006229-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Units">Units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Scorton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._26_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 26 Squadron RAF">No. 26 Squadron RAF</a> (1944) – <a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American Mustang I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._56_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 56 Squadron RAF">No. 56 Squadron RAF</a> (1944) – <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire IX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._122_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 122 Squadron RAF">No. 122 Squadron RAF</a> (1941–1942) – <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire IIA, IIB and VB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._130_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 130 Squadron RAF">No. 130 Squadron RAF</a> (1943) – <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire VB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._167_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 167 Squadron RAF">No. 167 Squadron RAF</a> (1942) – <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire VB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._219_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 219 Squadron RAF">No. 219 Squadron RAF</a> (1942–1943) – <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter IF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406_Maritime_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron">No. 406 Squadron RCAF</a> (1942) – <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter IIF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron">No. 410 Squadron RCAF</a> (1942) – <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter IIF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._604_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 604 Squadron RAF">No. 604 Squadron RAF</a> (1943) – <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter IF</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpenny1982166–168_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpenny1982166–168-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar_use">Postwar use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Scorton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Postwar use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Aerodrome closed in 1945 and most of the concreted areas have been extensively quarried away for sand and gravel extraction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve2006229_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve2006229-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of what was the airfield is now under a lake or a quarry.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are a few military pre-fab buildings remaining in the area – they were dismantled after the war and moved to local farms to be used as agricultural buildings. The site does still have some remnants from the era, such as accommodation huts and brick-built pillboxes.<sup id="cite_ref-CL_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the newer roads in Scorton have been named after Second World War Aircraft (Beaufighter Close, Typhoon Close and Spitfire Court).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Scorton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">List of former Royal Air 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Durham, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire</i>. Ramsbury: Crowood. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86126-809-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-86126-809-2"><bdi>1-86126-809-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Northern+England+%3A+Co.+Durham%2C+Cumbria%2C+Isle+of+Man%2C+Lancashire%2C+Merseyside%2C+Manchester%2C+Northumberland%2C+Tyne+%26+Wear%2C+Yorkshire&rft.place=Ramsbury&rft.pub=Crowood&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-86126-809-2&rft.aulast=Delve&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Scorton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFalconer1998" class="citation book cs1">Falconer, J (1998). <i>RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2</i>. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-2175-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-2175-9"><bdi>0-7110-2175-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=RAF+Fighter+Airfields+of+World+War+2&rft.place=UK&rft.pub=Ian+Allan+Publishing&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=0-7110-2175-9&rft.aulast=Falconer&rft.aufirst=J&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Scorton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. (1994) UK Airfields of the Ninth: Then and Now 1994. After the Battle <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900913-80-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-900913-80-0">0-900913-80-0</a></li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. (1996) The Ninth Air Force in Colour: UK and the Continent-World War Two. After the Battle <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85409-272-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-85409-272-3">1-85409-272-3</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHalpenny1982" class="citation book cs1">Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore (1982). <i>Action stations 4; Military Airfields of Yorkshire</i>. Cambridge: Stephens. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85059-532-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-85059-532-0"><bdi>0-85059-532-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Action+stations+4%3B+Military+Airfields+of+Yorkshire&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pub=Stephens&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=0-85059-532-0&rft.aulast=Halpenny&rft.aufirst=Bruce+Barrymore&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Scorton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLake1999" class="citation book cs1">Lake, Alan (1999). <i>Flying units of the RAF : the ancestry, formation and disbandment of all flying units from 1912</i>. Shrewsbury: Airlife. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84037-086-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-84037-086-6"><bdi>1-84037-086-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Flying+units+of+the+RAF+%3A+the+ancestry%2C+formation+and+disbandment+of+all+flying+units+from+1912&rft.place=Shrewsbury&rft.pub=Airlife&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=1-84037-086-6&rft.aulast=Lake&rft.aufirst=Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Scorton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89201-092-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-89201-092-4">0-89201-092-4</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Leary1986" class="citation book cs1">O'Leary, Michael (1986). <i>USAAF fighters of World War Two in action</i>. Poole: Blandford Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0713718390" title="Special:BookSources/0713718390"><bdi>0713718390</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=USAAF+fighters+of+World+War+Two+in+action&rft.place=Poole&rft.pub=Blandford+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0713718390&rft.aulast=O%27Leary&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Scorton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOtter2003" class="citation book cs1">Otter, Patrick (2003). <i>Yorkshire airfields in the Second World War</i>. 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squadrons">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_independent_flights" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights">Flights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conversion_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force">Conversion units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Operational_Training_Units" title="List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units">Operational Training units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_schools" title="List of Royal Air Force schools">Schools / Training units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ferry_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of ferry units of the Royal Air Force">Ferry units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Glider_units" title="List of Royal Air Force Glider units">Glider units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_units_%26_establishments" title="List of Royal Air Force units & establishments">Misc units</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">Active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Satellite Landing Grounds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Regiment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Flights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">branches and<br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Board" title="Air Force Board">Air Force Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Chaplains_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch">RAF Chaplains Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Intelligence" title="RAF Intelligence">RAF Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Legal_Branch" title="RAF Legal Branch">RAF Legal Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Medical_Services" title="RAF Medical Services">RAF Medical Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Mary%27s_Royal_Air_Force_Nursing_Service" title="Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service">Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Police" title="Royal Air Force Police">RAF Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_ground_trades" title="List of Royal Air Force ground trades">RAF ground trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Music_Services" title="Royal Air Force Music Services">RAF Music Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force" title="RAF Search and Rescue Force">RAF Search and Rescue Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Mountain_Rescue_Service" title="Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service">RAF Mountain Rescue Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Marine_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Marine Branch">RAF Marine Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Air_Cadets" title="Royal Air Force Air Cadets">RAF Air Cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_operations" title="List of Royal Air Force operations">Operations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">reserve forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Auxiliary_Air_Force" title="Royal Auxiliary Air Force">Royal Auxiliary Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve">RAF Volunteer Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force">List of RAF aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_Kingdom_military_aircraft" title="List of active United Kingdom military aircraft">current</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Future of the Royal Air Force">future</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles_of_the_RAF" title="List of missiles of the RAF">List of RAF missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_RAF_Regiment" title="List of equipment of the RAF Regiment">List of equipment of the RAF Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_officer_ranks" title="RAF officer ranks">Officer ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_other_ranks" title="RAF other ranks">Other ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_personnel" title="List of Royal Air Force personnel">List of notable personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_senior_officers_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force">List of serving senior officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personnel_numbers_in_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Personnel numbers in the Royal Air Force">Personnel numbers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">appointments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Air_Staff" title="Assistant Chief of the Air Staff">Assistant Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Member_for_Personnel" title="Air Member for Personnel">Air Member for Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Secretary" title="Air Secretary">Air Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Member_for_Materiel" title="Air Member for Materiel">Air Member for Materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant-General_of_the_RAF_Regiment" title="Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment">Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force">Warrant Officer of the RAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">symbols and uniform</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Ensign" title="Royal Air Force Ensign">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badge_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Badge of the Royal Air Force">Badge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_roundels" title="Royal Air Force roundels">Roundels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the Royal Air Force">Uniform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_badges_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force">Heraldic badges</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">associated civil<br />organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">Air Training Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Cadet_Force" title="Combined Cadet Force">Combined Cadet Force (RAF section)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Forces_Association" title="Royal Air Forces Association">RAF Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Centre_of_Aviation_Medicine" title="RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine">RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Benevolent_Fund" title="RAF Benevolent Fund">RAF Benevolent Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Football_Association" title="Royal Air Force Football Association">RAF Football Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Museum" title="Royal Air Force Museum">RAF Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="History of the Royal Air Force">history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Timeline of the Royal Air Force">timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Future of the Royal Air 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href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force#Stations" title="Royal Air Force">stations</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>  <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/48px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/64px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">flying<br />stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">active</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leeming" title="RAF Leeming">Leeming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Topcliffe" title="RAF Topcliffe">Topcliffe</a><sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">former</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Acaster_Malbis" title="RAF Acaster Malbis">Acaster Malbis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bellasize" title="RAF Bellasize">Bellasize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverley_Aerodrome" title="Beverley Aerodrome">Beverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bircotes" title="RAF Bircotes">Bircotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bramham_Moor_Aerodrome" title="Bramham Moor Aerodrome">Bramham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breighton_Aerodrome" title="Breighton Aerodrome">Breighton</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Burn" title="RAF Burn">Burn</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Carnaby" title="RAF Carnaby">Carnaby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Catfoss" title="RAF Catfoss">Catfoss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Catterick" title="RAF Catterick">Catterick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Church_Fenton" title="RAF Church Fenton">Church Fenton</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Clifton" title="RAF Clifton">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cottam" title="RAF Cottam">Cottam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Croft" title="RAF Croft">Croft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Dalton" title="RAF Dalton">Dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Dishforth" title="RAF Dishforth">Dishforth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Doncaster" title="RAF Doncaster">Doncaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Driffield" title="RAF Driffield">Driffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_East_Moor" title="RAF East Moor">East Moor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Elvington" title="RAF Elvington">Elvington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Finningley" title="RAF Finningley">Finningley</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Firbeck" title="RAF Firbeck">Firbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Full_Sutton" title="RAF Full Sutton">Full Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedon_Aerodrome" title="Hedon Aerodrome">Hedon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Helperby" title="RAF Helperby">Helperby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Holme-on-Spalding_Moor" title="RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor">Holme-on-Spalding Moor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Hornsea_Mere" title="RNAS Hornsea Mere">Hornsea Mere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Howden" title="RNAS Howden">Howden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hutton_Cranswick" title="RAF Hutton Cranswick">Hutton Cranswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leconfield" title="RAF Leconfield">Leconfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lindholme" title="RAF Lindholme">Lindholme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Linton-on-Ouse" title="RAF Linton-on-Ouse">Linton-on-Ouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lissett" title="RAF Lissett">Lissett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Manywells_Height" title="RAF Manywells Height">Manywells Height</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marske_Aerodrome" title="Marske Aerodrome">Marske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Marston_Moor" title="RAF Marston Moor">Marston Moor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Melbourne" title="RAF Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Pocklington" title="RAF Pocklington">Pocklington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcar_Aerodrome" title="Redcar Aerodrome">Redcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Riccall" title="RAF Riccall">Riccall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ripon" title="RAF Ripon">Ripon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rufforth" title="RAF Rufforth">Rufforth</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Scorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherburn-in-Elmet_Airfield" title="Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield">Sherburn-in-Elmet</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Skipton-on-Swale" title="RAF Skipton-on-Swale">Skipton-on-Swale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Snaith" title="RAF Snaith">Snaith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tholthorpe" title="RAF Tholthorpe">Tholthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thornaby" title="RAF Thornaby">Thornaby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wombleton" title="RAF Wombleton">Wombleton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ensign of the Royal Air Force"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/120px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/180px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/240px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">non-flying<br />stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">active</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fylingdales" title="RAF Fylingdales">Fylingdales</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Menwith_Hill" title="RAF Menwith Hill">Menwith Hill</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RRH_Staxton_Wold" title="RRH Staxton Wold">Staxton Wold</a><sup>3</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">former</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bawtry" title="RAF Bawtry">Bawtry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bempton" title="RAF Bempton">Bempton</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bent_Rigg_radar_station" title="Bent Rigg radar station">Bent Rigg</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bowes_Moor" title="RAF Bowes Moor">Bowes Moor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bridlington" title="RAF Bridlington">Bridlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cowden" title="RAF Cowden">Cowden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Danby_Beacon" title="RAF Danby Beacon">Danby Beacon</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Goldsborough" title="RAF Goldsborough">Goldsborough</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Harrogate" title="RAF Harrogate">Harrogate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Holmpton" title="RAF Holmpton">Holmpton</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hunmanby_Moor" title="RAF Hunmanby Moor">Hunmanby Moor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Misson" title="RAF Misson">Misson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hospital_Northallerton" title="RAF Hospital Northallerton">Northallerton</a><sup>4</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Norton" title="RAF Norton">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Oxenhope_Moor" title="RAF Oxenhope Moor">Oxenhope Moor</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Patrington" title="RAF Patrington">Patrington</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Shipton" title="RAF Shipton">Shipton</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Sutton_on_Hull" title="RAF Sutton on Hull">Sutton on Hull</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baheira_Airfield" title="Baheira Airfield">Baheira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belandah_Airfield" title="Belandah Airfield">Belandah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benina_International_Airport" title="Benina International Airport">Benina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Castel_Benito" title="RAF Castel Benito">Castel Benito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berca_Airfield" title="Berca Airfield">Berca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanur_Airport" title="Nanur Airport">Darragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser_Airbase" title="Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase">El Adem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Assa_Airfield" title="El Assa Airfield">El Assa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Gambut" title="RAF Gambut">Gambut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%27s_Lanuf_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ra's Lanuf Airport">Hamraiet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lete_Airfield" title="Lete Airfield">Lete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martuba_Airbase" title="Martuba Airbase">Martuba</a></li> 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style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Aldermaston" title="RAF Aldermaston">Aldermaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andover" title="RAF Andover">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andrews_Field" title="RAF Andrews Field">Andrews Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ashford" title="RAF Ashford">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Balderton" title="RAF Balderton">Balderton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Barkston_Heath" title="RAF Barkston Heath">Barkston Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Beaulieu" title="RAF Beaulieu">Beaulieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Birch" title="RAF Birch">Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bisterne" title="RAF Bisterne">Bisterne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Boreham" title="RAF Boreham">Boreham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bottesford" title="RAF 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Command">IX Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Fighter_Command" title="IX Fighter Command">IX Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="IX Tactical Air Command">IX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Troop_Carrier_Command" title="IX Troop Carrier Command">IX Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XIX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XIX Tactical Air Command">XIX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXIX_Tactical_Air_Command_(Provisional)" title="XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional)">XXIX Tactical Air</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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