RAF Dalton Airfield and buildings, North Yorks May11

[ROYALBOB]

Visited today with Yorkietommo, big site, lots to see, has a load of train carriages on the land, plus other vehicles, lots of other military buildings on the road to it. History-

RAF Dalton, Hambleton was home to No. 102 Squadron beginning in November 1941. No. 102 Squadron returned to Topcliffe in June 1942 and for a time Dalton hosted No. 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) flying Halifaxes. The airfield was improved in 1942 and in early 1943 was allocated to No. 6 Group Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Canadian squadrons stationed here at one time or another included No. 428 Squadron, No. 424 Squadron, No. 420 Squadron, and No. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit (which moved to RAF Wombleton in October 1943). The station also housed no. 1691 Bomber Gunnery Flight (BGF) RCAF and its successor, No. 1695 Bomber Defence Training Flight (BDTF) 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. The aerodrome facilities are now being used for commercial and industrial uses.

Pics-


store by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


airfield by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


store 3 by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


STORE 4 by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


HANGER1 by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


STORE 5 by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


HANGER2 by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr

[scottj]

Yep, i'm liking this mate Walk on or harder?

[SaltGeorge]

Nice looking site, there's some bits and links on AIx on this site. The "hangers" are part of the technical site. The would have been workshops, stores and the like rather than hangers used for the storage of aircraft.

[ROYALBOB]

Nice looking site, there's some bits and links on AIx on this site. The "hangers" are part of the technical site. The would have been workshops, stores and the like rather than hangers used for the storage of aircraft.

Thanks, not my usual thing this, bit clueless!