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Scorton

Major
Also known as: RAF Scorton / Scorton Aerodrome / Scorton Quarry / USAAF Station 425
County: North Yorkshire
Current Status: Farmland / Gravel excavation
Date: October 1939 - 1 December 1952
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / USAAF

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):

  • Scorton Parish Council
  • Scorton Village History
  • Tancred Gravel Ltd - Scorton Quarry

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 26 Sqn
  • No 56 Sqn
  • No 91 MU
  • No 122 Sqn
  • No 130 Sqn
  • No 142 Airfield
  • No 167 Sqn
  • No 219 Sqn
  • No 224 MU
  • No 406 Sqn
  • No 410 Sqn
  • 417th Night Fighter Sqn
  • 422nd Night Fighter Sqn
  • 425th Night Fighter Sqn
  • No 604 Sqn
  • No 911/923 (Balloon) Sqn
  • No 950 (Balloon) Sqn
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A blister hangar at Scorton, 26 April 2015.

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Catterick

Decoy Airfield(s):

Birkby

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