RAF Wombleton

Royal Air Force Wombleton or RAF Wombleton is a former Royal Air Force sub-station located 3.8 miles (6.1 km) east of Helmsley, North Yorkshire and 11.8 miles (19 km) north-east of Easingwold, North Yorkshire, England.

Wombleton opened in 1943 as a sub-station of RAF Topcliffe.

Aircrew who were originally trained on twin-engined aircraft such as Vickers Wellingtons or Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys received conversion training on heavy four-engined bombers such as the Handley Page Halifax or Avro Lancaster.

1666 HCU remained at Wombleton until the end of the war.

[8] Under the labour government new housing rules (2024), This site is earmarked as brownfield land and will be used for building homes.

The former Flying Control at RAF Wombleton (2007)