RAF Melbourne

England

53.8700, -0.8404 — view on OpenStreetMap ↗

About

RAF Melbourne opened in the East Riding of Yorkshire in 1940 and served as a Bomber Command station in No. 4 Group. Its main resident was No. 10 Squadron, which flew Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers from the airfield on the offensive against Germany from 1942 to 1945; the station was fitted with the FIDO fog-dispersal system, making it a valued diversion field in bad weather. Bomber flying gave way to a transport role at the end of the war, and the station closed in the 1950s. The site is now used for drag racing and light flying.

Photographs

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Ground crews overhaul the Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines of [Handley Page Halifax](/aircraft/2/) Mark II, BB194 'ZA-E', of [No. 10 Squadron](/squadrons/148/) RAF, in a dispersal at [Melbourne](/airfields/6260/), Yorkshire.
ⓘ licence & creditBrock F J (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._CH7910.jpgView source & full licence →
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A [Handley Page Halifax](/aircraft/2/) Mark II Series 1of [No. 10 Squadron](/squadrons/148/) RAF lands at [Melbourne](/airfields/6260/), Yorkshire, after a night raid to Turin, Italy.
ⓘ licence & creditBrock F J (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._CH7908.jpgView source & full licence →
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command A bomb aimer demonstrates the selector switches and bomb release in the cramped nose of a Halifax of [No 10 Squadron](/squadrons/148/) at [Melbourne](/airfields/6260/), Yorkshire in December 1942.
ⓘ licence & creditBrock F J (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Bomber_Command_CH7905.jpgView source & full licence →
ⓘ licence & creditIan S / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_RAF_Melbourne_building_near_East_Farm_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6521366.jpgView source & full licence →
ⓘ licence & creditIan S / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_RAF_Melbourne_building_near_East_Farm_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6521364.jpgView source & full licence →
Former R.A.F. [Melbourne](/airfields/6260/): aerial 2014, Melbourne, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
ⓘ licence & creditChris / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_R.A.F._Melbourne-_aerial_2014_(geograph_4079854).jpgView source & full licence →
AWM caption : Group portrait of aircrew of [No. 10 Squadron](/squadrons/148/) RAF in front of a Halifax bomber at Yorkshire, England. Identified, left to right: * Butler, RCAF, Bomb Aimer * Devereux, Wireless Operator * Langworthy, Flight Engineer * 408168 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Kenneth Munro RAAF, DFC * McDougle, Rear Gunner * Arrieta, Navigator * Robinson RAAF, Machine Gunner Flt Lt Munro received the Distinguished Flying Cross on 15 December 1942 for 'displaying exceptional courage whilst flying.'
ⓘ licence & creditUnknown authorUnknown author / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10_Squadron_RAF_Halifax_aircrew_AWM_P04218.002.jpgView source & full licence →

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