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Coordinates:54°10′37″N1°21′35″W / 54.17694°N 1.35972°W /54.17694; -1.35972

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Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England

RAF Dalton

Dalton,North Yorkshire in England

Site information

Type

Royal Air Force satellite station 1941-43
61 (RCAF) Substation 1943-44
76 Base Substation 1944-^[1]

Code

DA^[1]

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]

Location

RAF Dalton

Shown within North Yorkshire

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RAF Dalton

RAF Dalton (the United Kingdom)

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Coordinates

54°10′37″N1°21′35″W / 54.17694°N 1.35972°W /54.17694; -1.35972

Site history

Built

1940 (1940)/41

In use

November 1941 – December 1945

Battles/wars

European theatre of World War II

Airfield information

Elevation

24 metres (79 ft)^[1]AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
00/00	Tarmac
00/00	Tarmac
00/00	Tarmac

Royal Air Force Dalton or more simplyRAF Dalton is a formerRoyal Air Force satellite station located near toDalton,North Yorkshire, England.

The airfield was byRAF Bomber Command during theSecond World War. It was a satellite of nearbyRAF Topcliffe.

History

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The village church of the village that gave the station its name

RAF Dalton was home toNo. 102 Squadron beginning in November 1941. No. 102 Squadron returned to Topcliffe in June 1942 and for a time Dalton hostedNo. 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (HCU) flyingHandley Page Halifaxes. The airfield was improved in 1942 and in early 1943 was allocated toNo. 6 Group Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Canadian squadrons stationed here at one time or another includedNo. 428 Squadron,No. 424 Squadron,No. 420 Squadron, andNo. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (which moved toRAF 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

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data from^[2]^[3]^[4]
Unit	From	To	Aircraft	Version
No. 102 Squadron RAF	15 November 1941	7 June 1942	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Handley Page Halifax	Mk.V Mk.II
No. 420 Squadron RCAF	6 November 1943	12 December 1943	Vickers Wellington	Mk.X
No. 424 Squadron RCAF	3 May 1943	15 May 1943	Vickers Wellington	Mk.X
No. 428 Squadron RCAF	7 November 1942	31 May 1943	Vickers Wellington	Mks.III and X
No. 1652 HCU	13 July 1942	22 August 1942	Handley Page Halifax	Mks.I, II
No. 1666 'Mohawk' HCU	5 June 1943	21 October 1943	Handley Page Halifax	Mks.II, III
No. 1691 (Bombing) (Gunnery) Flight	26 June 1943	15 February 1944	Miles Martinet Airspeed Oxford	Mk.I Mk.II
No. 1695 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight	15 February 1944	23 April 1945	Miles Martinet Hawker Hurricane Supermarine Spitfire	Mk.I MksIIc, IV Mk.I, IIa, Vb, Vc

Current use

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The aerodrome facilities are now being used for commercial and industrial uses.

A major employer on the estate isSeverfield plc.^[5]^[6] In 2011, Severfield andMace test assembledthe Shard's spire on the airfield before breaking it down again for transport to London and final assembly.^[7]^[8]

References

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Citations

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^^a ^b ^c ^dFalconer 2012, p. 75.
^Jefford 2001, pp. 57, 92–93 and 147.
^Halley 1988, pp. 176, 505, 508 and 510.
^Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, pp. 97, 99, 129.
^"Contact Severfield".Severfield. Retrieved25 April 2022.
^Stewart, Alastair (20 April 2022)."Orders surge as nuclear market reopens".Research Tree. Retrieved25 April 2022.
^Prigg, Mark (15 November 2011)."Now comes The Shard part ..."London Evening Standard. Archived fromthe original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved4 February 2013.
^"Shard's spire now in place on Europe's tallest building". BBC News. 30 March 2012. Retrieved6 July 2012.

Bibliography

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Falconer, J. (2012).RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing.ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
Halley, James J. (1988).The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd.ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
Jefford, C. G. (2001).RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing.ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
Moyes, Philip J. R. (1976).Bomber Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft (2nd ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd.ISBN 0-354-01027-1.
Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007).RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge.ISBN 978-0-85130-365-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

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Royal Air Force

Ministry of Defence

Formations
and units

Units	Commands Groups Wings Squadrons Flights Conversion units Operational Training units Schools / Training units Ferry units Glider units Misc units
Stations	Active Former Satellite Landing Grounds Station description
Regiment	Wings Squadrons Flights

Branches and
components

Reserve forces

Equipment

Personnel

Appointments

Symbols and uniform

Associated civil
organisations

Royal Air Force stations inYorkshire

Flying
stations

Active

Leeming
Topcliffe¹

Former

Non-flying
stations

Active	Fylingdales³ Menwith Hill³ Staxton Wold³
Former	Bawtry Bempton³ Bent Rigg³ Bowes Moor Bridlington Cowden Danby Beacon³ Goldsborough³ Harrogate Holmpton³ Hunmanby Moor Misson Northallerton⁴ Norton Oxenhope Moor³ Patrington³ Shipton³ Sutton on Hull

Notes

1: used for only for RAF gliders
2: now used for civilian aviation
3: communications or radar sites
4: RAF hospital

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