RAF Catfoss Airport serves Yorkshire, GB.
RAF Catfoss, located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, operated as a Royal Air Force station during World War II and briefly during the Cold War.
The airfield initially opened in 1932 as an Armament Training Camp, later expanding to become a bomber station during WWII. It was a significant training center, hosting units like No. 1 Armament Training Camp, No. 16 Operational Training Unit RAF for night-bomber training, and No. 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF for twin-engined fighter and strike aircraft crews. In 1944, the Central Gunnery School moved to Catfoss, training gunnery instructors. The station closed in November 1945 after the end of WWII.
RAF Catfoss reopened in 1959 as a site for the PGM-17 Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile, operated by No. 226 Squadron RAF. The missiles were withdrawn in March 1963, and the airfield closed permanently. Today, the site is known as the Catfoss Industrial Estate, with various businesses occupying the land, though much of the original runway layout was still intact but covered by industrial and agricultural buildings by 1999.
*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, abct.org.uk, heritagegateway.org.uk, 2rafproject.org.uk, ne-diary.genuki.uk*
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RAF Catfoss is located in Yorkshire, GB, at an elevation of 36 ft. Its IATA code is — and ICAO code is US-0218.