RAF Dalton

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RAF Dalton
Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Air Force Ensign of Canada (1941-1968).svg
Dalton, North Yorkshire in England
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RAF Dalton
Shown within North Yorkshire
Coordinates 54°10′37″N1°21′35″W / 54.17694°N 1.35972°W / 54.17694; -1.35972 Coordinates: 54°10′37″N1°21′35″W / 54.17694°N 1.35972°W / 54.17694; -1.35972
TypeSatellite station 1941-43
61 (RCAF) Substation 1943-44
76 Base Substation 1944- [1]
CodeDA [1]
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Controlled by RAF Bomber Command
* No. 4 Group RAF
* No. 6 Group RCAF [1]
Site history
Built1940 (1940)/41
In useNovember 1941 – December 1945
Battles/wars European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation24 metres (79 ft) [1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
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Royal Air Force Dalton or more simply RAF Dalton is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near to Dalton, North Yorkshire, England.

Contents

The airfield was by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. It was a satellite of nearby RAF Topcliffe.

History

The village church of the village that gave the station its name Dalton Church (Dalton, Hambleton).jpg
The village church of the village that gave the station its name

RAF Dalton was home to No. 102 Squadron beginning in November 1941. No. 102 Squadron returned to Topcliffe in June 1942 and for a time Dalton hosted No. 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (HCU) flying Handley Page Halifaxes. The airfield was improved in 1942 and in early 1943 was allocated to No. 6 Group Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Canadian squadrons stationed here at one time or another included No. 428 Squadron, No. 424 Squadron, No. 420 Squadron, and No. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (which moved to RAF Wombleton in October 1943). The station also housed No. 1691 Bomber Gunnery Flight RCAF and its successor, No. 1695 Bomber Defence Training Flight RCAF, the last RCAF unit to serve at this station.

In November 1944, control passed from No. 6 Group to the new No. 7 (Training) Group. By August 1945 all units at Dalton were disbanded or transferred.

Operational units and aircraft

data from [2] [3] [4]
UnitFromToAircraftVersion
No. 102 Squadron RAF 15 November 19417 June 1942 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
Handley Page Halifax 		Mk.V
Mk.II
No. 420 Squadron RCAF 6 November 194312 December 1943 Vickers Wellington Mk.X
No. 424 Squadron RCAF 3 May 194315 May 1943 Vickers Wellington Mk.X
No. 428 Squadron RCAF 7 November 194231 May 1943 Vickers Wellington Mks.III and X
No. 1652 HCU 13 July 194222 August 1942 Handley Page Halifax Mks.I, II
No. 1666 'Mohawk' HCU 5 June 194321 October 1943 Handley Page Halifax Mks.II, III
No. 1691 (Bombing) (Gunnery) Flight 26 June 194315 February 1944 Miles Martinet
Airspeed Oxford 		Mk.I
Mk.II
No. 1695 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight 15 February 194423 April 1945 Miles Martinet
Hawker Hurricane
Supermarine Spitfire 		Mk.I
MksIIc, IV
Mk.I, IIa, Vb, Vc

Current use

The aerodrome facilities are now being used for commercial and industrial uses. A major employer on the estate is Severfield plc. [5] [6]

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References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Falconer 2012, p. 75.
  2. ↑ Jefford 2001 , pp. 57, 92–93 and 147.
  3. ↑ Halley 1988 , pp. 176, 505, 508 and 510.
  4. ↑ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007 , pp. 97, 99, 129.
  5. ↑ "Contact Severfield". Severfield. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Stewart, Alastair (20 April 2022). "Orders surge as nuclear market reopens". Research Tree. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

Bibliography

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