Yeadon Categories

Aerodrome & 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF Yeadon (1) 1920s – 1960s
The history of this landmark commences in the early 1920s and by 1929 it saw proposals for what now is known as Leeds and Bradford …

Aerodrome & 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF Yeadon (2) 1920s – 1960s
Continued from page 1 – The same aircraft as V44 on the previous page, photographed from a different angle. …

Aerodrome & 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF Yeadon (3) 1920s – 1960s
Looking East across the airport with the Harrogate Road running across the photo from centre left with 609 Squadron and Yorkshire …

Aerodrome & 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF Yeadon (4) 1920s – 1960s
Empire Day Leeds and Bradford Councils Jointly purchased 60 acres of land on Yeadon Moor for use as an airport….

Aerodrome & 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF Yeadon (5) 1920s – 1960s
Continued from page 4 – A Hawker Hind K8648, piloted by Flight Lieutenant John Dundas with Leading Aircraftman Hunter in the rear cockpit…

Aerodrome & 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF Yeadon (6) 1920s – 1960s
A group of people with an aircraft in the background, the donor of the image Howard German suggests that the aircraft is possibly an Avro York. …

Aerodrome & 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF Yeadon (7) 1920s – 1960s
Three aerial photos of Yeadon Aerodrome from the Yorkshire Post taken around c1950s….

Aerodrome & 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF Yeadon (8) 1920s – 1960s
Looking across the airfield to hangars and buildings….

Air Training Corps 2168 (Yeadon)
The Air Training Corps were at RAF Scampton during the summer of 1971, in the background is an Avro Vulcan plane.