RAF Catfoss | |||||||||||
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| Brandesburton, East Riding of Yorkshire in England | |||||||||||
.jpg) RAF Catfoss on a target dosier of the german air force, 1941 | |||||||||||
  RAF Catfoss Shown within East Riding of Yorkshire  RAF Catfoss RAF Catfoss (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°55′15″N 000°16′30″W / 53.92083°N 0.27500°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Coastal Command RAF Bomber Command | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1930/31 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1932 - 1945 1958 - 1963 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 11 metres (36 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Catfoss, or more simply RAF Catfoss, is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War. It was located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England and 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, with the nearest village being Brandesburton.
The airfield was opened in 1932 for an Armament Training Camp. A small number of fighters were posted there, at the start of the Second World War, before the airfield was rebuilt as a bomber station. It initially closed in November 1945, but re-opened in 1959 as a site for the PGM-17 Thor ballistic missile. It closed again in 1963.