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Middleton
St George
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2002
(© Josh Harrison)
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Middleton
St George airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Teeside
International Airport
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office with Met
Section 5845/39 with post-war VCR to 5871c/55
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Tower:
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Still
used for air traffic control
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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4/41 to 9/42, 78 Sqn with Whitleys from Dishforth, began operations 4/41.
10/41, Moved to Croft and requipped with Halifaxes, returned 6/42. 5/41 to 9/42, 76 Sqn with Halifaxes from Linton-on-Ouse. 10/42 to 5/43, 420 Sqn RCAF with Wellingtons from Skipton-on-Swale. Moved to North Africa. 11/42 to 6/45, 419 Sqn RCAF with Wellingtons, Halifaxes then Lancasters. 6/43 to 6/45, 428 Sqn RCAF with Wellingtons, Halifaxes then Lancasters. The last raid from Middleton was 25/4/45, 279 bombers had been lost from this airfield. 7/45 to 5/47, 13 OTU with Mosquitoes from Harwell. /47 to /56, 608 Sqn RAuxAF and No. 4 Flying Training School here. Used by Meteor Sqns until 1950, airfield rebuilt an drunways extended at various times in the 1950s. /63 to /64, 226 OCU here with Lightnings. /65, RAF station closed and the airfield reopened 11/66 as civil airport. |
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1985
(© Ian Woodward)
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber,
Fighter OTU, civil airport
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Opened:
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1/1941
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Closed:
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N/A
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ID Code:
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MG
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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concrete, tarmac
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Hangars:
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1- C1, 1- J, 1- B1,
2- T2
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County:
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Durham
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Location:
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5 miles E of Darlington
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OS Ref:
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NZ375131
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Links:
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©:
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As stated
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Middleton
St George airport + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2003
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