RAF Carnaby -RAF Bridlington - -Carnaby Industrial Estate -Carnaby Raceway | Education Video by World of Military

<p>Royal Air Force Carnaby or more simply RAF Carnaby is a former Royal Air Force emergency landing strip that offered crippled bombers a safe place to land near the English coast during the Second World War. It was situated 2 miles south-west of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire.</p><p><br></p><p>Carnaby Industrial Estate / Carnaby Raceway / RAF Bridlington / RAF Carnaby</p><p><br></p><p>Carnaby was one of three special airfields created during World War Two as an Emergency Landing Ground for aircraft, especially heavy bombers. They quickly landed if they were either damaged through enemy action, suffered technical malfunctions or had to divert for weather reasons. Key to this idea was a huge runway in terms of both length and breadth. At 9,000 feet (not including grass extensions at either end) it was half as long again as a standard bomber runway, while the width of 750 feet was five times the norm. Apart from the runway, there were few&nbsp;other facilities available but this did not detract from the airfield’s significance; the runway&nbsp;was also equipped with the FIDO fog-clearing device.</p><p>Over the next year and a half, after first opening in March 1944, Carnaby en