RAF Full Sutton

RAF Full Sutton
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Built	1943
In use	1944-1963
Elevation AMSL	52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates	53°58′47″N 000°51′53″W / 53.97972°N 0.86472°WCoordinates: 53°58′47″N 000°51′53″W / 53.97972°N 0.86472°W
Map
RAF Full Sutton Location in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt

Royal Air Force Station Full Sutton or RAF Full Sutton is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.0 miles (3.2 km) south east of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north west of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

History

The airfield opened in 1944 under RAF Bomber Command, with No. 77 Squadron RAF which arrived at RAF Full Sutton on 15 May 1944 with the Handley Page Halifax Mks III and VI, switching to the Dakota in July 1945. The squadron moved to RAF Broadwell on 31 August 1945.^[1]

RAF Full Sutton was switched to RAF Transport Command being used by a flight of No. 231 Squadron RAF between 1 December 1945 and 15 January 1946 operating the Avro Lancastrian C.2 before being disbanded.^[2]

In the 1950s it was part of Flying Training Command, as 103 FRS and then as 207 AFS

The airfield was then placed on care and maintenance until 1959 when No. 102 Squadron RAF arrived and the airfield was re-modelled as a Thor missile site, operating until 27 April 1963.^[3][4]

References

Citations

1. Jefford 2001, p. 84.
2. Jefford 2001, p. 74.
3. "RAF Full Sutton airfield". Control Towers. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
4. Jefford 2001, p. 54.

Bibliography

• Jefford, C.G, MBE,BA,RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

External links

• Airfield Information Exchange