RAF Clifton
Royal Air Force Clifton, or more simply RAF Clifton, is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north west of York city centre and 2.6 miles (4.2 km) south west of Haxby, North Yorkshire, England.4 Squadron RAF arrived on 27 August 1940 originally with the Westland Lysander III/IIIA adding the Curtiss Tomahawk IIA in April 1942 and the North American Mustang I in May 1943.[8] A Handley Page Halifax Mk VII JP203 crashed on approach to Clifton on the 8 June 1945.[11] However, there are two stubs of the original runways still visible north of the A1237 near the roundabout leading to the shopping centre.There is also a stub of another runway and taxiway visible to the south of the A1237 just west of Wigginton Road.
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