RAF Leconfield - Beverley - Carnaby Two Circuit -DST Leconfield - Leconfield Aerodrome - Normandy Barracks | Education Video by World of Military

<p>RAF Leconfield - Beverley - Carnaby Two Circuit -DST Leconfield - Leconfield Aerodrome - Normandy Barracks is a former Royal Air Force station located in Leconfield (near Beverley), East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The site is now used by the MoD Defence School of Transport Leconfield or DST Leconfield. Leconfield opened on 3 December 1936[5] as part of RAF Bomber Command[6] with Handley Page Heyford bombers from No. 166 Squadron RAF using the airfield from January 1937 until early September 1939.[7]</p><p>Second World War</p><p>On the night of 3 September 1939, the first night of the war, ten Whitley bombers from Leconfield became the first British aircraft to penetrate German airspace, dropping propaganda leaflets over Germany. In October 1939 it was taken over by RAF Fighter Command[8] and the Mk I Spitfires of 72 squadron arrived from RAF Church Fenton.[9] During the Battle of Britain, the station was a temporary home to many other squadrons of Fighter Command which made short stays here to rest and re-group. During this period there was also a decoy airfield at nearby Routh.</p><p>During the war the RAF squadrons based at Leconfield were:</p><p>No. 51 Squadron between 20