Royal Air Force Goldsborough or more simply RAF Goldsborough is a former Royal Air Force station located in North Yorkshire, England.[1]
RAF Goldsborough | |
|---|---|
| near Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, England | |
 Former guard house | |
.svg)  RAF Goldsborough Shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Coordinates | 54°30′48″N 0°43′13″W / 54.5133°N 0.7203°W |
| Type | Radar station |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Air Ministry |
| Open to the public | No |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1941 |
| In use | 1942–1958 |
History
editIt was a radar station and part of the RAF ROTOR system. Originally staffed by army personnel, it was handed over to the RAF in March 1942.[2] It was opened as Radar station M45 as part of the coastal defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) system.[3] It was later upgraded to the ROTOR system with a new operating block being built between 1951 and 1952. The guardroom was destroyed by fire in 1958.[4]
In the early 1960s, elements of the bomb disposal flights based at RAF Stafford used RAF Goldsborough as a base whilst clearing land at Snod Hill in preparation for the building of RAF Fylingdales.[5]
Current use
editThe guard house has been damaged in a fire and it is now private property.[1][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "'RAF Goldsborough' ('JEX') R2 CHEL ROTOR Radar Station". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Dobinson, Colin (2010). Building radar: forging Britain's early-warning chain, 1935-45. London: Methuen. p. 425. ISBN 978-0-413-77229-9.
- ^ Historic England. "Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low station M45 (1477936)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Goldsborough Rotor station 'Jex' (1487954)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ Wilson, B C F (1983). A history : Royal Air Force Fylingdales. Royal Air Force Fylingdales. p. 18. ISBN 0950852104.
- ^ "Former radar site is now a holiday home". Darlington & Stockton Times. No. 2023–48. 1 December 2023. p. 62. ISSN 2516-5348.
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