56 Squadron RAF flew Supermarine Spitfires from Scorton during the Second World War.

[10][11] At the same time, the decoy landing site at Birkby (to the east near to Danby Wiske, came under the command of Scorton, having previously been an asset of RAF Catterick.

406 Sqn were detached to Scorton from RAF Drem in February 1942, with the rest of the squadron following in the same year.

[16] In May 1944, the USAAF Ninth Air Force transferred two Northrop P-61 Black Widow night interceptor squadrons, No.s 422 and 425, to Scorton from RAF Charmy Down near Bath in Somerset, to train and fly with the RAF night fighter Operational Training Unit assigned there.

[3] Initially flying de Havilland Mosquitoes, their first P-61 arrived at Scorton in May 1944 and their first assignment was to chase night-flying V-1 "buzz bombs".

[19] The first Black Widow V-1 "kill" took place on 16 July 1944, credited to pilot Herman Ernst and radar operator Edward Kopsel of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron.

After D-Day, the USAAF Black Widows moved to Advanced Landing Grounds at Maupertus (A-15) (422d NFS) near Cherbourg and Vannes (A-33N) (425th NFS) in Brittany France to intercept German night fighters and bombers attacking Allied positions.

[17][21] The Aerodrome closed in 1945 and most of the concreted areas have been extensively quarried away for sand and gravel extraction.

[24] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency