RAF Thornaby
England
About
RAF Thornaby opened on Teesside in 1929 and served as a Coastal Command station specialising in anti-submarine work and air-sea rescue. Lockheed Hudsons of No. 220 Squadron and the air-sea rescue Warwicks and Ansons of other units flew from it over the North Sea; the “Thornaby Bag”, an emergency survival pack dropped to airmen down in the water, was devised here. The station closed in 1958 and the site is now covered by housing and a shopping centre, a replica Spitfire standing as a memorial.
Home to
- No. 6 OTU — 17 Group
- No. 608 Squadron (North Riding) — 18 Group
People connected to this base
6 persons cross-referenced to this airfield — through a posting here, a squadron based here, or aircrew who flew from it.
| Name | Rank | Connection | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton, Robert John | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Darby, Charles Edmond | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Few, Eric Stanley | Squadron Leader | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Maclean, Malcolm Hamilton Murray | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Smith, Bert Howard | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Webb, Stuart Douglas | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |