|
|
 |
Skipton-on-Swale
|
 |
 |
|
2003
(© David Herbert) |
|
RAF
Skipton-on-Swale
|
|||
|
Airfield Today:
|
Agriculture
|
||
|
Tower Type:
|
Watch Office for Night
Fighter Stations 12096/41
|
||
|
Tower:
|
Derelict
|
||
|
Other
Buildings:
|
Not
known
|
||
|
History:
|
Opened as Satellite to RAF Leeming. 07/08/42
to 16/10/42, 420 (Snowy Owl) Squadron, RCAF with Hampden and Wellington
bombers.
01/05/43 to 18/09/43, 432 (Leaside) Squadron, RCAF with Vickers Wellingtons,
moved to East Moor. 25/09/43
to 30/08/45, 433 (Porcupine) Squadron, RCAF with Wellington, Halifax then
Lancaster bombers. 06/11/43
to 29/08/45, 424 (Tiger) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, moved here
from North Africa. Equipped with Halifax then Lancasters.
|
||
|
RAF
Skipton-on-Swale airfield
|
|||
 |
 |
|
1944
424 (Tiger) Squardron RCAF (© via Marg Cunningham)
|
 |
 |
|
Robert Craig
|
1944,
Back Row: Left to Right: Fred Dargonne, Flight
Engineer: Allister MacDonald (Mac), Navigator: Robert William Craig (Fuzz),
Mid Upper Gunner: George Reynolds (Skip), Pilot
Front Row: Left to Right: Alf Horn (Pop), Rear Gunner: Glen Hazelhurst (Red), Wireless Air Gunner: Alf Byers, Bomb aimer |
|
RAF
Skipton-on-Swale airfield
- 424 Sqn RCAF - 433 Sqn RCAF -
|
 |
|
Skipton on Swale living site - photo from the book 6
Group Bomber Command
|
|
RAF
Skipton-on-Swale airfield
|
|||
|
Airfield:
|
Operational Bomber Station
|
||
|
Opened:
|
/1942
|
||
|
Closed:
|
/1945
|
||
|
ID Code:
|
SK
|
||
|
USAAF Station:
|
N/A
|
||
|
Runways:
|
3x - tarmac
|
||
|
Hangars:
|
1x - B1, 2x - T2
|
||
|
County:
|
Yorkshire
|
||
|
Location:
|
4 miles W of Thirsk
|
||
|
OS Ref:
|
SE373812
|
||
|
Links:
|
|||
|
©:
|
Photographs ©
copyright as stated
|
||
| RAF Skipton-on-Swale airfield | |||
 |
|
1992
(© Steve Bond)
|
 |
 |
|
2002
(© Mike Seaman)
|
|
RAF
Skipton-on-Swale
|
 |
|
2009
(©
Josh Harrison)
|
 |
 |
|
2006
(©
Josh Harrison)
|
|
|
RAF
Skipton-on-Swale airfield
- 424 Sqn RCAF - 433 Sqn RCAF -
|
 |
2018 (© John Jenkinson) |
RAF
Skipton-on-Swale airfield - 424 Sqn RCAF - 433 Sqn RCAF - |
|
|
RAF
Skipton on Swale airfield and control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2003 -
- SKIPTON-ON-SWALE - updated 04/03/2021 - |