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In 1947, one of the buildings on the camp was broken into and various items were discovered to be missing. Due to the harmful nature of the missing items (phosphorus grenades, tear gas generators and chloropicrin), the local police actually took to the streets with loudhailers warning of the inherent
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No 152 (City of Hull) Air Training Corps Squadron – used RAF Sutton on Hull from 1946 until 1961. After 1961, they still used the Station Parade Square for drill whilst accommodated in the City of Hull. They returned in 1962 and operated out of the former guardroom until 1969. No 152 (City of Hull)
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In August 1943, the Royal Air Force School of Fire Fighting and Rescue inaugurated training at RAF Sutton on Hull. Training continued throughout the war and afterwards with the school being awarded its own badge in December 1953. In 1955, the trade came under the umbrella of the
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Construction of the base started in late 1938 and by early 1939, it was ready to be occupied with official opening coming on 28 June 1939. The base was renamed RAF Sutton on Hull in October 1942 when No. 17 Balloon Centre was disbanded.
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After the School of Fire Fighting was relocated, the site was finally closed and most of the estate was sold off to Hull Corporation in 1961, however, some of the housing was kept as military families quarters for those working at
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The site of the Balloon Centre is now part of the Bransholme estate. The Bransholme estate is believed to be the largest Council estate in Yorkshire. The main gates to the base were re-hung at
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whilst in 1944, No's 942 and 943 Squadrons amalgamated into 942/3 Squadron. Later in the same year, No. 944 squadron was disbanded and No 942/3 squadron was moved south to
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Besides the three main units operating from RAF Sutton on Hull, various lodger units were allocated there over the course of its operational history. These were;
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All of Balloon Command became redundant towards the end of 1944 with the cessation of barrages and in February 1945, Balloon Command was officially disbanded.
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RAF Sutton on Hull was also the location of No. 3505 Fighter Control Unit between 1947 and 1961. The FCU was awarded its own badge in 1951 which is the
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A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on the River Humber, at No. 17 Balloon Centre at Sutton-on-Hull in Yorkshire, January 1943.
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RAF School of Aircraft Recognition – courses lasted 16 days and were available to all branches of the armed services and the US Army Air Force.
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The FCU's were created to work with the RAuxAF Fighter Squadrons, but as these were disbanded in 1957, so too were the FCU's wound up.
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No 21 Embarkation Unit – personnel from this unit oversaw shipping of military equipment into and out of the Humber Ports.
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No 3 RAF Movements Unit – this unit dealt with RAF personnel arriving and departing through Hull Docks.
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After the war, the base was home to the Royal Air Force Fire and Rescue School before it moved to
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Looking south eastwards over RAF Sutton on Hull towards the city of Kingston upon Hull (1941–1942)
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with four equal sparks of lightning emanating from behind the rose. The motto of the unit was
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Bristow, Simon (1 March 2013). "Poet's National Service to be remembered at RAF reunion".
8: 1728: 1551: 236: 27: 804: 1858: 1713: 1703: 1531: 429:, worked at RAF Sutton on Hull during 1940 as part of No. 942 Squadron Balloon Command. 332: 224: 49: 2081: 2061: 1833: 1753: 1411: 1046: 1017: 994: 969: 944: 892: 699: 674: 624: 539: 243:. The balloons deployed from here were used as part of the defensive tactics against 417:
and renovated in 1999 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the site being opened.
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No 62 RAF Reserve Centre – in operation only between March 1947 until May 1948.
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Only No 3505 FCU and the RAF School of Fire Fighting were issued with
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Web site with various badges including 3505 FCU – (not official site)
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The operational aspect of the Balloon Centre consisted of three
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between 1949 and 1952, but was billeted at RAF Sutton on Hull.
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danger of the missing items and appealing for their return.
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During the war, some of the Squadrons became staffed by the
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Buildings and structures in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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A strong song tows us : the life of Basil Bunting
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where the RAF Regiment training and HQ were located.
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in 1959. The site of the station is now part of the
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Hull

RAF Sutton-on-Hull is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
53°47′22.3″N 0°19′21.2″W / 53.789528°N 0.322556°W / 53.789528; -0.322556
Royal Air Force station
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
station
Kingston upon Hull
East Riding of Yorkshire
Second World War
RAF Balloon Command
Sheffield
Luftwaffe
Hull Docks
Grimsby
Humber
Royal Air Force Catterick
Bransholme

Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
London
V1 Flying Bombs
RAF Regiment
Trade Group 22
Royal Air Force Catterick
White Rose of York
Starfish units

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