RAF Skipton-on-Swale / Sandhutton / Skipton / Skipton-on-Swale Aerodrome | Education Video by World of Military

RAF Skipton-on-Swale / Sandhutton / Skipton / Skipton-on-Swale Aerodrome

Royal Air Force Skipton-on-Swale or more simply RAF Skipton-on-Swale is a former Royal Air Force station operated by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. The station was located at Skipton-on-Swale 4 miles west of Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. The village of Sandhutton is located just to the east.

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Move the cursor over the identified faces in the photo above to see their names - 433 Squadron, taken May, 1945

Row 1: 8th from left: Jack Ogle, 433 Squadron, Gunnery Leader 1945 - identified by his son, Douglas Ogle

Row 1: 11th from Left, Norma Catherine Bullough - Claudet (For another image of Norma Catherine Bullough Claudet, click here)

Row 1: 2nd from Right: Pilot Officer James Peter Hunt, Identified by his son, Peter Hunt

Row 2: 4th from right: Gordon King - identified by his daughter, I. Dickson

Row 3: 3rd from the right, R.A. Christensen

Row 3: 5th from the left, Robert A. Sutherland, holding dog. Identified by his daighter, Beverly Clark

3rd Row 8th from the left, C.C.