MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE

County

Pundit Code

Co. Durham

MG

General Information

Facilities

Opened

15 January 1941

Runways

3 Tarmac

Closed

Currently is use as Teesside airport

Hangers

4 – Type T2, 1 – Type B1

Elevation

115

feet

Contractor

Various

Squadrons and Units

Sqn/Unit

Group

From

To

Aircraft

78 Sqn

4 GP

07/04/41

20/10/41

Whitley V

10/06/42

16/09/42

76 Sqn

4 GP

04/06/42

16/09/42

Halifax II

420 Sqn

4, 6 GP

16/10/42

01/06/45

Wellington II

419 Sqn

4, 6 GP

10/11/42

01/06/45

Halifax II, Lancaster X

428 Sqn

4, 6 GP

04/06/42

31/05/45

Halifax V, II, Lancaster X

Points of Interest

Opened with full station status January 1941

Became No. 64 (RCAF) Base headquarters January 1943

P/O A.C. Mynarski, 419 Sqn, awarded posthumous VC, Cambrai 12/13 June 1944

Station Memorial