RAF Cark | |||||||||||
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| Cark, Lancashire in England | |||||||||||
  RAF Cark Shown within Cumbria  RAF Cark RAF Cark (Cumbria) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°09′45″N 002°57′30″W / 54.16250°N 2.95833°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Station | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command RAF Flying Training Command | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1941 - 1945 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 5 metres (16 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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| Other airfield facilities | Operational dates.[1][2] | ||||||||||
Royal Air Force Cark or more simply RAF Cark is a former Royal Air Force station in the county of Cumbria (formerly Lancashire) which was operational between 1941 and 1945. It was built near the villages of Cark and Flookburgh[1] on the Cartmel Peninsula which today forms part of Cumbria.[3]
- ^ a b "RAF Cark". Control Towers. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Cark (Flookburgh)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Cark". RonaldV. Retrieved 16 March 2018.