RAF Dishforth
Royal Air Force Dishforth or more simply RAF Dishforth is a former Royal Air Force station near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, England. Opened in 1936, the base was used as a bomber airfield during the Second World War with both British and Canadian squadrons flying missions from the airfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “DH”, “Dishforth Airfield”, “EGXD”, and “Royal Air Force Station Dishforth”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dishforth Airfield and Skelton Windmill.
Dishforth Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dishforth Airfield is a former Royal Air Force and current British Army station in North Yorkshire, England. It was previously an Army Air Corps helicopter base and a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
Skelton Windmill
Windmill
Skelton Windmill, also known as Kirby Mill, is a historic building in Skelton-on-Ure, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The windmill was constructed in 1822, to grind corn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rainton and Langthorpe.
Rainton
Village
Rainton is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 6 miles north of Boroughbridge, 5 miles north-east of Ripon and 5 miles south-west of Thirsk. Rainton is situated 2½ miles north of RAF Dishforth.
Langthorpe
Hamlet
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langthorpe is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 812. It is situated to the immediate north of Boroughbridge on the A168 road. Langthorpe is situated 2½ miles south of RAF Dishforth.
Milby
Hamlet
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milby is a hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the immediate north of Boroughbridge. Milby is situated 2½ miles southeast of RAF Dishforth.
RAF Dishforth
- Categories: airport, air base, Royal Air Force station, and transportation
- Location: Dishforth, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tajik—“RAF Dishforth” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Дисфортх”
- Cebuano: “Disforth”
- Cebuano: “RAF Dishforth”
- Dutch: “RAF Dishforth”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Dishforth”
- German: “RAF Dishforth”
- Indonesian: “EGXD”
- Indonesian: “RAF Dishforth”
- Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Dishforth”
- Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Dishforth”
- Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی دیشفورث”
- Romanian: “RAF Dishforth”
- Swedish: “RAF Dishforth”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате дишфурс”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marton-le-Moor and Dishforth.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pillmore Hill and Topcliffe Castle.
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