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Clifton
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c.1945
(© via Steve Ward)
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Clifton
airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Now
a retail shopping village and housing
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Tower Type:
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1. Civil Clubhouse
2. Watch Office for All Commands 12779/41 with small windows to 343/43 |
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Tower:
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Both
demolished
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Other
Buildings:
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Hangar
site to south
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History:
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1936,
Opened as a civil aerodrome by York City Corporation with Yorkshire Aviation
Services Ltd. Consisted of grass airfield, clubhouse and one hangar.
1941 48 MU here as main Halifax bomber repair base. Three runways were built 1941/42, partly on Clifton Moor, leading to the airfield being known as Clifton, along with the alternative names of Rawcliffe and York. 28-29/4/42, major Luftwaffe attack on York and the airfield was badly damaged. 12/42, 169 Army Co-operation Sqn, 613 Sqn Mustangs. Post-war, 48 MU scrapped over half the remaining Halifax fleet here, RAF left 1946. Returned to civillian flying the airfield remained in use until the 1950s when sold to York Corporation for housing. By the late 1980s most of the buildings had gone but the runways remained, part of the site also used as a golf driving range. The whole area has now been rebuilt and none of the main site remains. |
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Gun
Butts to North of airfield site, 1988 Left,
2002 Right (© Robert Truman)
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1988
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Forward Airfield
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Opened:
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4/7/1936
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Closed:
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1946
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ID Code:
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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grass then 3 concrete
built 1941/42
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Hangars:
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1 civil hanger, 1 T1
and 12 Blister
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County:
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Yorkshire
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Location:
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Now northern part of
York city
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OS Ref:
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SE590550
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Links:
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©:
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All photos ©
Robert Truman
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View
south-west across the main runway (all above taken 1988 ©
Robert Truman)
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RAF
Clifton airfield
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RAF
Clifton - Rawcliffe - York airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2001
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