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This airfield is situated some 4 miles west of Thirsk, North Yorkshire.
Opened as part of 4 Group, Bomber Command and handed over to 6 Group, Royal Canadian Airforce January 1943. Became operational May 1943.
420 Snowy Owl, 424 Tiger, 432 Leaside and 433 Porcupine Squadrons were all operational from here during World War 2.
The plaques for the two Flight Engineers are pinned on the entrance to the Control Tower.
Most of the crew members were Canadian, the flight engineers from the United Kingdom.
This monument is in the centre of the village.
Ironic as it may seem the civilian killed was a young boy who was an evacuee from Middlesborough
Opened as part of 4 Group, Bomber Command and handed over to 6 Group, Royal Canadian Airforce January 1943. Became operational May 1943.
420 Snowy Owl, 424 Tiger, 432 Leaside and 433 Porcupine Squadrons were all operational from here during World War 2.
The plaques for the two Flight Engineers are pinned on the entrance to the Control Tower.
Most of the crew members were Canadian, the flight engineers from the United Kingdom.
This monument is in the centre of the village.
Ironic as it may seem the civilian killed was a young boy who was an evacuee from Middlesborough
