Hutton Cranswick
| Also known as: | Cranswick / Cranswick Industrial Estate / Hutton Cranswick Aerodrome / RAF Hutton Cranswick / RAF Station, Hutton Cranswick |
| County: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Current Status: | Farmland (main position) / Housing / Industry (main position) |
| Date: | 23 November 1941 - 20 September 1946; subsequent minor use |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / RAF (Czech) / RAF (Polish) / FAA / Civil (minor use) / RAAF / RCAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Air-sea rescue / Anti-aircraft co-operation / Fighter (main role) / Fighter-reconnaissance / General aviation (minor use) / Naval aviation / Trainer |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/05/2024):
- B I Halder & Son Ltd
- Carechair Ltd
- Cranswick Company Foods PLC
- Cranswick Mill
- DG Taylor Commercial Vehicles Ltd
- Dignity Manufacturing
- Driffield Electrical Suppliers
- East Coast Motorcycle World
- Frenchbedrooms.co.uk
- Fry's Caravans Ltd
- Humber Cranes
- Hutton Cranswick Parish Council
- Independent Mobility
- Kimports Ltd
- Locom Engineering Limited
- M.R. Army Surplus
- Manor Travel Ltd
- Mark Cox Aes
- MJ Petfoods & Proteins Ltd
- Moss Tyre
- MP Electrics
- Nigel S Wilmot
- North Humberside Precision Engineers Driffield
- Parts People
- Phil Cooper Forestry Machinery Ltd
- Pyramid Building Systems
- Ray Thompson Property Ltd
- Robert D Webster
- SCI Manufacturing
- The Little Snack Box
- Thompsons Groundcare Limited
- Total Batch Enterprises
- W & K Precision Engineering Ltd
- W Scholey & Son
- Watton Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Sqn
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No 2 (Coastal) OTU
- No 2 Sqn
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No 2 TEU
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No 4 Aircraft Delivery Flight
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No 6 AACU
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No 8 Fighter Command Servicing Unit
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No 13 Fighter Command Servicing Unit
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No 16 APC
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No 19 Sqn
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No 26 Sqn
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No 91 Sqn
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No 123 Airfield
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No 124 Sqn
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No 129 Sqn
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No 168 Sqn
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No 170 Sqn
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No 195 Sqn
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No 234 Sqn
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No 278 Sqn
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No 288 Sqn
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No 291 Sqn
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No 302 Sqn
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No 306 Sqn
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No 308 Sqn
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No 309 Sqn
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No 310 Sqn
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No 315 Sqn
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No 316 Sqn
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No 403 Sqn
- No 412 Sqn
- No 421 Sqn
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No 439 Sqn
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No 441 Sqn
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No 442 Sqn
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No 443 Sqn
- No 453 Sqn
- No 598 Sqn
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No 610 Sqn
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No 650 Sqn
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No 885 Sqn
- No 1004 Servicing Wing
- No 1016 Servicing Wing
- No 1027 Servicing Wing
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No 1489 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight
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No 1495 (TT) Flight
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No 1613 (AAC) Flight
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No 1629 (AAC) Flight
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No 1634 (AAC) Flight
- No 2731 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2739 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2805 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 3207 Servicing Commando
- No 3209 Servicing Commando
- Station Flight, Hutton Cranswick
A landing strip at Hutton Cranswick, 12 November 2008.
Airfield buildings at Hutton Cranswick, 17 October 2018.
Airfield buildings at Hutton Cranswick, 27 May 2020.
The Battle Headquarters at Hutton Cranswick. Courtesy of UK HISTORY HUNTER
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