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Catterick
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1982
(© Ian Woodward)
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RAF
Catterick airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Army
camp
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Tower Type:
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01. Watch Office for
Duty Pilot 2072/26
02. Watch Office with Tower (Fort type) 1959/34 (brick) |
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Tower:
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01.
Not known if
this building survives today
02. Not known if this building survives today |
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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Station History |
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RAF
Catterick - The Way to the Stars -
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Scenes
from the film 'The Way to the Stars' starring Sir John Mills and Michael
Redgrave
filmed at Catterick 1945 (© via Steve Ward) |
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RAF
Catterick
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Airfield:
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O
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Opened:
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/1914
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Closed:
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19??
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Code:
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?
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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1x tarmac
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Hangars:
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2x - C Type, 8x - Blister,
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County:
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Yorkshire
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Location:
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4-1/2 miles SE of Richmond
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OS Ref:
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SE250968
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©:
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All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
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RAF
Catterick airfield
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Watch
Office for Duty Pilot 2072/26 2000
(© Paul Francis)
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RAF
Catterick airfield
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2007
(© Gareth Hardy)
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RAF
Catterick airfield
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'The
Way to the Stars' scene where the Blenheim just misses the tower - clearly
visible is the 'compass' painted on the Watch Office 1945
(© via Steve Ward)
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RAF
Catterick airfield - 'The Way to the Stars'
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RAF
Catterick airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2016 - Catterick -
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