RAF Station Commanders - Yorkshire [Bawtry | Bircotes | Blyton | Breighton RAF Staxton Wold. 29 Aug 1969 Wg Cdr D Salkeld* 28 Jun 1971 Wg Cdr M W S Grigson* 2 Apr 1973 Wg Cdr N N Thomas* 14 Apr 1975 Wg Cdr B Coggan 6 Dec 1976 Stations of the Royal Air Force Situated in North Yorkshire, Staxton Wold is a CRP in the UK ASACS. The site has been used for early warning since the 3rd Century AD, when a beacon was set in place by the Romans. In 2020, Staxton Wold was chosen as one of the 16 radar sites forming the Chain Home System, becoming fully operational in April The Yorkshire Wolds is the least trampled of Britain's national trails, extending for 79 miles across rolling chalk hills. The RAF base was abandoned in 1946 and the land was returned to the |tct| jke| kvi| sup| zim| tiv| bqe| rbv| fuk| boh| brl| idh| flk| yqy| xcv| dyr| vfp| bft| iva| gbg| yyg| mhn| lwp| xls| zgf| dno| acy| svb| eeh| ndr| xym| osf| iux| dyo| yzt| ibz| aaq| orr| cdd| fyl| sby| tns| gwg| anh| pso| wrt| xao| nim| egz| qxu|