No 6 Group (Bomber Command) - Linton on Ouse Traditional Geocache
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No 6 Group (Bomber Command) - Linton on Ouse
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This is a series of caches based on Second World War airfields around North Yorkshire. They are all accessible by car and it is possible to do them all in one hit but it will involve a drive of some 160 miles.
They are all stand alone caches and can be done in any order. To complete the series you will need the co-ordinates of the final cache, Lest We Forget. These are contained one digit at a time, randomly, in the other caches.
During the Second World War No 6 Group (Royal Canadian Air Force) Bomber Command was based in North Yorkshire. Equipped with the Wellington, Halifax and Lancaster bomber aircraft, the Canadians remained at these bases until after the end of the war. The impact of the RCAF had a lasting effect on the local villages and many have erected memorials which are proudly displayed and carefully maintained. Nearly 25,000 Canadian servicemen and women were based here in North Yorkshire.
Five of the airfields are still operational, one as an international airport and the others, having been returned to the RAF, are used for military purposes. (You will not be required to enter any military premises). The remainder have been left derelict and have either returned to nature or are used for agricultural or light industry. Many reminders of the War, be it old buildings or pieces of runway, still remain to this day at all of them.
Having been opened for the RAF in 1937, Linton on Ouse was fully operational at the start of the War. In fact the first bombers to be dispatched to Germany, on the very first night of the War, were ten Whitleys from here. They did not drop bombs but leaflets and three aircraft had to make forced landings in France on their return.
Linton was very busy throughout the War and when the Canadians left in 1946 it reverted to RAF use and since the 1950’s has housed training units. It is now the home of No 1 Flying Training School operating the Tucano T.1 pilot training aircraft.
There is a public viewing area at N 54° 02.480’ W 001° 15.418’. Also, please make time to visit the memorial erected in the village at N 54° 02.382’ W 001° 14.594’.
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