RAF York
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RAF Clifton was York’s municipal aerodrome, requisitioned by the RAF in 1939 and used by several commands. Its best-known resident, No. 4 Squadron, flew army-cooperation work on Westland Lysanders, Curtiss Tomahawks and North American Mustangs, and a maintenance unit and air-observation-post units also used the field. It returned to civil use after the war and closed in 1955; the site is now covered by housing, industry and a nature reserve, with two stubs of runway surviving.
Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including Clifton (York) — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust and RAF York (Clifton) — Wikipedia. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.
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