RAF Acaster Malbis | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Acaster Malbis, North Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
In use | 1942–1957 | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 53°52′36″N 001°07′11″W / 53.87667°N 1.11972°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Acaster Malbis, or more simply RAF Acaster Malbis, is a former Royal Air Force station located 5.9 miles (9.5 km) south of York city centre and 5.7 miles (9.2 km) east of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. It was developed from a small grass airfield at the beginning of the Second World War and its main use was as a training base for RAF Bomber Command, before being used by RAF Maintenance Command from 1944 until 1957.