RAF Goldsborough

Royal Air Force Goldsborough or more simply RAF Goldsborough is a former Royal Air Force station located in North Yorkshire, England.[1]

RAF Goldsborough
near Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, England
Former guard house
RAF Goldsborough is located in North Yorkshire
RAF Goldsborough
RAF Goldsborough
Shown within North Yorkshire
Coordinates54.5133°N 0.7203°W / 54.5133; -0.7203
TypeRadar station
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
Open to
the public		No
Site history
Built1941 (1941)
In use1942–1958

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.[2] It was opened as Radar station M45 as part of the coastal defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) system.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

Current use

The guard house has been damaged in a fire and it is now private property.[1]

References
  1. "'RAF Goldsborough' ('JEX') R2 CHEL ROTOR Radar Station". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  2. Dobinson, Colin (2010). Building radar: forging Britain's early-warning chain, 1935-45. London: Methuen. p. 425. ISBN 978-0-413-77229-9.
  3. Historic England. "Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low station M45 (1477936)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  4. Historic England. "Goldsborough Rotor station 'Jex' (1487954)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  5. Wilson, B C F (1983). A history : Royal Air Force Fylingdales. Royal Air Force Fylingdales. p. 18. ISBN 0950852104.


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