Breighton Aerodrome (Former RAF Breighton) | Education Video by World of Military

<p>RAF Breighton</p><p>Drive through Breighton village and you can't help but notice some pretty old looking buildings scattered around. These are what remains of RAF Breighton's technical site, part of the bomber base that was situated on this very spot during the Second World War. To the north of our main grass runway you can still see an original 'T2' specification hangar. This was once used to accomodate the big Handley Page Halifax and Avro Lancaster bombers whilst the engineers and fitters repaired and serviced them. There were originally three of these huge buildings at Breighton but only one now remains and that is used for storage rather than fixing aeroplanes. Take a flight over our airfield and you will still see the original runways as well as some of the post war infrastructure which was built to house Britain's early nuclear deterrent.</p><p>Construction work began on the original air base back in 1941 and it was officially opened in January 1942 as part of No. 1 Group, Bomber Command. The first occupants were an Australian Bomber Squadron, 460 Sqd RAAF, flying Vickers Wellington bombers. Later that year, they re-equipped with the mighty Avro Lancaster and its pre-cur