RAF Hospital Northallerton | |
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Royal Air Force | |
Geography | |
Location | Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Coordinates | 54°20′31″N 1°25′44″W / 54.342°N 1.429°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Military |
Funding | Government hospital |
Services | |
Beds | 450 (July 1944) |
History | |
Construction started | 1938 |
Opened | January 1943 |
Closed | November 1947 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
RAF Hospital Northallerton, was a Second World War era military hospital, in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England. The Friarage Hospital now stands where the former hospital once stood.
The site was a once a temporary medical care centre, set up in 1938 in case of bombing casualties in the area, including Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees. The Royal Air Force (RAF) took over the hospital in 1943 and relinquished it in 1947. The hospital catered specifically for RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) personnel.