avia.wikisort.org - AerodromeRAF Riccall is a former Royal Air Force airfield located 3.1 miles (5 km) north east of Selby, North Yorkshire and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) south west of Elvington, North Yorkshire, England.
Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
RAF Riccall
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Airport type | Military |
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Owner | Air Ministry |
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Operator | Royal Air Force |
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Location | Riccall, North Yorkshire |
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Built | 1941 (1941) |
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In use | 1942-1958 (1958) |
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Elevation AMSL | 33 ft / 10 m |
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Coordinates | 53°49′26″N 001°01′50″W |
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Location in North Yorkshire |
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Length |
Surface |
ft |
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00/00 |
5,940 |
1,810 |
Asphalt |
00/00 |
4,290 |
1,310 |
Asphalt |
00/00 |
4,620 |
1,410 |
Asphalt |
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History
The airfield was opened in September 1942 as a satellite to RAF Marston Moor.[1] It had three runways of the A-style airfield; the longest was 5,940 feet (1,810 m) long, the second was 4,290 feet (1,310 m) long and the third was 4,620 feet (1,410 m) long. All were 50 yards (46 m) wide. The technical site consisted of six T2 hangars and one B1 hangar.
During October 1942, No. 76 and No. 80 Conversion Flights (along with No. 10 Conversion Flight from another airfield) joined together to make No. 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF.[6]
The following units were based at the airfield:
- No. 35 Maintenance Unit RAF.[7]
- No. 91 Maintenance Unit RAF.[7]
- No. 261 Maintenance Unit RAF.[7]
- No. 268 Maintenance Unit RAF.[7]
- No. 939 (West Riding) Balloon Squadron AAF.[7]
- No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit RAF.[7]
- No. 1341 (Special Duties) Flight RAF.[7]
- Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment.[7]
- York & District Flying Group.[7]
After 1945, flying ceased, although the site was used as storage until 1958. The south west side of the airfield and storage area is now part of Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve.[8] Part of the site was also used for mining coal as part of the Selby Coalfield operation between the 1980s and 2004.
Current use
The site is now used for farming.[7]
References
Sources
- Delve, Ken (2006). Northern England : Co. Durham, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire. Ramsbury: Crowood. ISBN 1-86126-809-2.
- Jacobs, Peter (2021). Bomber Command Airfields of Yorkshire. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-78346-331-2.
- Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore (1982). Action stations 4: military airfields of Yorkshire. Wellingborough: Stephens. ISBN 0-85059-532-0.
- Jefford, C. G. (2001). RAF squadrons : a comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 (2 ed.). Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
- Lake, Alan (1999). Flying units of the RAF : the ancestry, formation and disbandment of all flying units from 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
- Otter, Patrick (1998). Yorkshire airfields in the Second World War. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-542-0.
External links
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Formations and units | Units |
- Commands
- Groups
- Wings
- Squadrons
- Flights
- Conversion units
- Operational Training units
- Schools / Training units
- Ferry units
- Glider units
- Misc units
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Stations | |
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Regiment | |
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Branches and components |
- Air Force Board
- RAF Regiment
- RAF Chaplains Branch
- RAF Intelligence
- RAF Legal Branch
- RAF Medical Services
- Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service
- RAF Police
- RAF Search and Rescue Force
- RAF Mountain Rescue Service
- RAF Marine Branch
- RAF Ground Trades
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Reserve forces |
- Royal Auxiliary Air Force
- RAF Volunteer Reserve
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Associated civil organisations |
- Air Training Corps
- RAF Association
- RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine
- RAF Benevolent Fund
- RAF Football Association
- RAF Museum
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Equipment | |
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Personnel |
- Officer ranks
- Other ranks
- List of notable personnel
- List of serving senior officers
- Personnel numbers
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Appointments |
- Chief of Air Staff
- Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
- Air Member for Personnel
- Air Secretary
- Air Member for Materiel
- Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
- Warrant Officer of the RAF
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Symbols and uniform |
- Ensign
- Badge
- Roundels
- Uniform
- Heraldic badges
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 Royal Air Force stations in Yorkshire  |
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Yorkshire portal • Aviation portal • War portal |
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Non-flying Stations | |
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Notes |
- 1: Topcliffe used for gliders only
- 2: Sites are now in use for civilian air traffic
- 3: Communications or radar sites
- 4: RAF hospital
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