RAF Bempton
| Royal Air Force Bempton | |
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| Located near Bempton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | |
  Royal Air Force Bempton | |
| Coordinates | 54°09′00″N 0°10′40″W / 54.1499°N 0.1778°W |
| Site information | |
| Open to the public | No |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1940 |
| In use | 1940 - 1972 |
RAF Bempton was an RAF airfield during the First World War situated at Bempton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, 6 miles north of Bridlington. During the Second World War it was a radar station.
Operational history
- 1940 The first CHL radar station was installed in early 1940 a few hundred feet from the lighthouse at Flamborough Head. This was at an elevation of 130 feet; at this height performance proved to be very unsatisfactory. A new higher site was found four miles up the coast on the 350 foot cliffs at Bempton.
- The new site was opened in July 1940 as RAF Bempton. It was a CHL station.
- 1941 became a CHL/CHEL radar station.
- It disbanded on 1 August 1945.
- 1945 - Air Ministry Experimental Station Type 31
- 1 June 1949, re-established as a CHL/CHEL radar station.
- 17 February 1950 - transferred to RAF Fighter Command.
- On 1 November 1951 it was renamed as 146 Signals Unit Bempton rebuilt as a CEW radar station, part of the ROTOR Programme.
- The 146 Signals Unit was disbanded on 1 December 1961
- Bempton became a satellite station of RAF Patrington until final closure in April 1972
Current use
The site was sold in 1980/81 and is now privately owned.
References
RAF Operational Record Books
External links
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