Driffield (Eastburn)
| Also known as: | Alamein Barracks / Driffield Aerodrome / Driffield Training Area / Eastburn Aerodrome / Eastburn Landing Ground / RAF Driffield / RAF Eastburn / RAF Station, Driffield / RFC Eastburn |
| County: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Current Status: | Industry / Military training |
| Date: | 1916 - 1 January 1977; (decoy) 1940 - 1940 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / RFC / Civil / RAAF / RCAF / RNZAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Anti-aircraft co-operation / Bomber (main role) / Fighter / General aviation / Missile / Trainer (main role) / Transport |
| Decoy Type(s): | KLG |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Adonia Freight Ltd
- Botanic Ltd
- Burdass Lamb
- Chris Waite
- Clifton Timber Ltd
- Cranswick Pet Products
- Dodds Roofing Services Ltd
- Driffield Plant Hire Ltd
- Driffield Town Council - name only
- East Yorkshire Recycling Ltd
- Flair Office Supplies
- Gary Hodgson Motor Engineer
- Gowan
- Healthy Living Direct Ltd
- Home Independence Ltd
- Humberside & South Yorkshire Army Cadet Force
- Jewson Ltd
- Kingstown Associates
- Kirkburn Parish Council
- Main Line Optical Ltd
- ModularUK Building Systems
- Positive Action Publications Ltd
- PPH Commercial
- Rose Bell
- S & S Site Services (Nationwide) Ltd
- Sam Browne Foods
- Shepcote Distributors Ltd
- Shields Driffield Ltd
- Simpson Training Ltd
- Sparkling Touches Ltd
- Think Freedom Ltd
- Timeless Beauty Ltd
- Total Butler Ltd
- Westwood Laboratory Ltd
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Fighter Command Modification Centre
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No 1 Sqn RCAF
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No 2 BAT Flight
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No 2 (Coastal) OTU
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No 2 School of Aerial Fighting
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No 3 School of Aerial Fighting & Gunnery
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No 4 Gp TT Flight
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No 5 Gp TT Flight
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No 5 SFTS
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No 6 AACU
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No 8 FTS
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No 10 ANS
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No 21 TDS
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No 21 TS
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No 33 Sqn
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No 43 Base
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No 51 Sqn
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No 58 Sqn
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No 75 Sqn
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No 77 Sqn
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No 88 Sqn
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No 97 Sqn
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No 98 Sqn
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No 102 Sqn
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No 104 Sqn
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No 158 Sqn
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No 196 Sqn
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No 202 Sqn
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No 203 AFS
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No 204 AFS
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No 213 Sqn
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No 215 Sqn
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No 217 Sqn
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No 219 Sqn
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No 226 OCU
- No 264 Sqn
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No 405 Sqn
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No 426 Sqn
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No 462 Sqn
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No 466 Sqn
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No 485 Sqn
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No 642 GS
- No 1484 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight
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No 1484 (TT) Flight
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No 1484 Target Towing and Gunnery Flight
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No 1502 BAT Flight
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No 1613 (AAC) Flight
- No 2722 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2833 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2877 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2954 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Air Bomber Training Flight (No 4 Gp)
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Aircrew Transit Unit
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Air Fighting Development Unit
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East Yorks GC
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Fighter Weapons School
- Station Flight, Driffield
Ministry of Defence training area at Driffield, 2 June 2007.
Entrance of Driffield Camp, 12 June 2009.
Former RAF houses at Driffield, 19 May 2013.
Surviving building at Driffield, 21 February 2015.
Former RAF houses at Driffield, 10 April 2020.
RAF training at Driffield, 1949. Courtesy of British Pathé