RAF Leeming

RAF Leeming
Near Leeming, North Yorkshire in England
100 Squadron Hawk
Station Crest
EGXE Shown within North Yorkshire
Coordinates	54°17′33″N 001°32′08″W / 54.29250°N 1.53556°W / 54.29250; -1.53556Coordinates: 54°17′33″N 001°32′08″W / 54.29250°N 1.53556°W / 54.29250; -1.53556
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Website	www.raf.mod.uk/rafleeming/
Site history
Built	1939 (1939)
In use	1940-Present
Garrison information
Current commander	Group Captain Simon Reeves RAF
Occupants	100 Sqn Northumbrian UAS
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: EGXE, WMO: 03257
Elevation	40 metres (131 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 16/34 2,289 metres (7,510 ft) Asphalt

Royal Air Force Leeming or RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station located near Leeming, North Yorkshire, England.

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is the Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Leeming.

The station opened in 1940 as a bomber station during the Second World War. In 1943 the station was assigned to No. 6 Group Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) with a sub-station at RAF Skipton-on-Swale. The main aircraft operated were Whitley, Stirling, Halifax and Lancaster bombers.

A detachment of No. 219 Squadron RAF used the airfield between 4 October 1939 and 12 October 1940 when the main section of the squadron was at RAF Catterick flying the Bristol Blenheim IF.

Following the war, the station became a night fighter base, equipped initially with Mosquito and then with Meteor and Javelin aircraft before becoming a Training Command airfield in 1961. The station was then home to No. 3 Flying Training School, equipped with the Jet Provost aircraft.

There were also several other units using the airfield during the same period, these were: