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| Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire in England | |||||||||
 View across the airfield (2006) | |||||||||
  RAF Pocklington Shown within East Riding of Yorkshire  RAF Pocklington RAF Pocklington (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°55′39″N 000°47′55″W / 53.92750°N 0.79861°W | ||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1940/41 | ||||||||
| In use | 1941 - 1946 | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||
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Royal Air Force Pocklington or more simply RAF Pocklington was an operational flying station of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, forming part of RAF Bomber Command, and operating primarily Vickers Wellington and Handley Page Halifax bombers. The station, adjacent to the town of Pocklington at grid reference SE790485, opened in 1941, and was closed in 1946.[1] After a return to agricultural use, the station now forms an industrial estate and a restricted use airfield for a gliding club.
- ^ "Pocklington". Control Towers. Retrieved 27 May 2009.