RAF Full Sutton

RAF Full Sutton
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Royal Air Force
Location Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Built 1943
In use 1944-1963
Elevation AMSL 52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates 53°58′47″N 000°51′53″W / 53.97972°N 0.86472°W / 53.97972; -0.86472Coordinates: 53°58′47″N 000°51′53″W / 53.97972°N 0.86472°W / 53.97972; -0.86472
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RAF Full Sutton

Location in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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Royal Air Force Station Full Sutton or RAF Full Sutton is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.0 miles (3.2 km) south east of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north west of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

History

The airfield opened in 1944 under RAF Bomber Command, with No. 77 Squadron RAF which arrived at RAF Full Sutton on 15 May 1944 with the Handley Page Halifax Mks III and VI, switching to the Dakota in July 1945. The squadron moved to RAF Broadwell on 31 August 1945.[1]

RAF Full Sutton was switched to RAF Transport Command being used by a flight of No. 231 Squadron RAF between 1 December 1945 and 15 January 1946 operating the Avro Lancastrian C.2 before being disbanded.[2]

In the 1950s it was part of Flying Training Command, as 103 FRS and then as 207 AFS

The airfield was then placed on care and maintenance until 1959 when No. 102 Squadron RAF arrived and the airfield was re-modelled as a Thor missile site, operating until 27 April 1963.[3][4]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Jefford 2001, p. 84.
  2. ↑ Jefford 2001, p. 74.
  3. ↑ "RAF Full Sutton airfield". Control Towers. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Jefford 2001, p. 54.

Bibliography

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