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Royal Air Force Station Topcliffe or RAF Topcliffe is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England. It is a satellite station serving in the role of a Relief Landing Ground for Tucano aircraft of the Central Flying School (CFS), It is also used by the Air Training Corps, or aircadets as a motor glider airfield where GiC's(Gliding induction courses) and Gliding scholarships are achieved. Based nearby at RAF Linton-on-Ouse (one of two, the other being Dishforth Airfield). As such, no RAF personnel are based permanently at the airfield and airfield services are provided by personnel assigned to RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

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  • Royal Air Force Station Topcliffe or RAF Topcliffe is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England. It is a satellite station serving in the role of a Relief Landing Ground for Tucano aircraft of the Central Flying School (CFS), It is also used by the Air Training Corps, or aircadets as a motor glider airfield where GiC's(Gliding induction courses) and Gliding scholarships are achieved. Based nearby at RAF Linton-on-Ouse (one of two, the other being Dishforth Airfield). As such, no RAF personnel are based permanently at the airfield and airfield services are provided by personnel assigned to RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
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  • Grob 109B 'Vigilant' motor glider. The glider is flown by 645 and 634 Volunteer Glider Squadron, which is based at Topcliffe.
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  • Jefford, C.G, MBE,BA ,RAF . RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
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  • Location in North Yorkshire
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  • Topcliffe, North Yorkshire
abstract
  • Royal Air Force Station Topcliffe or RAF Topcliffe is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England. It is a satellite station serving in the role of a Relief Landing Ground for Tucano aircraft of the Central Flying School (CFS), It is also used by the Air Training Corps, or aircadets as a motor glider airfield where GiC's(Gliding induction courses) and Gliding scholarships are achieved. Based nearby at RAF Linton-on-Ouse (one of two, the other being Dishforth Airfield). As such, no RAF personnel are based permanently at the airfield and airfield services are provided by personnel assigned to RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
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