Royal Air Force Goldsborough or more simply RAF Goldsborough is a former
Royal Air Force
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station
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located in
North Yorkshire
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,
England
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History
It was a radar station and part of the RAF
ROTOR system. Originally staffed by army personnel, it was handed over to the RAF in March 1942. It was opened as Radar station M45 as part of the coastal defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) system. It was later upgraded to the ROTOR system with a new operating block being built between 1951 and 1952. The guardroom was destroyed by fire in 1958.
In the early 1960s, elements of the bomb disposal flights based at
RAF Stafford used RAF Goldsborough as a base whilst clearing land at Snod Hill in preparation for the building of
RAF Fylingdales.
Current use
The guard house has been damaged in a fire and it is now private property.
References
External links
RAF Goldsborough
Buildings and structures in North Yorkshire
Royal Air Force stations in Yorkshire
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