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Breighton

Major
Also known as: Breighton Aerodrome / Breighton Airfield Industrial Estate / RAF Breighton
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Current Status: Aviation (main position) / Industry (main position) / Landfill site / Museum
Date: Opened January 1942
Current Use: Active
Used By: RAF / Civil / RAAF
Landing Surface Types: Paved, later unpaved
Aircraft Roles: Bomber (main role) / General aviation (main role) / Missile (main role) / Trainer

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Brent Scaffold Boards Ltd
  • BTS Logistics Ltd
  • Bubwith Parish Council
  • Credential Environmental Ltd
  • Divan Heaven Ltd
  • Fishers Woodcrafts
  • L E D Developments
  • Selby & District Motor Club
  • Service Timber Ltd
  • Sheds Direct
  • Sound Music Products
  • Swantech Ltd
  • The Brecks Co. Ltd
  • Yorkshire Recycling Solutions Ltd

Notable Past Associated Organisations:

  •  Bubwith Railway Station

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 20 BAT Flight

  • No 35 MU

  • No 78 Sqn

  • No 103 FRS

  • No 112 Sqn

  • No 207 AFS

  • No 240 Sqn

  • No 460 Con Flight

  • No 460 Sqn

  • No 1520 BAT Flight

  • No 1656 HCU

  • No 2716 Sqn RAF Regiment

  • No 2797 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • Hornet Aviation

  • York Flying School
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Aircraft at Breighton, in front of the clubroom, old control tower and hangars, 5 August 2012.

Footage from an air display at Breighton in the early 1990s. Courtesy of sacko79

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Full Sutton

Bomber Command Base Station(s):

Holme-on-Spalding Moor

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