RAF Pocklington

Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England

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1941 — 1946 OC  site, Royal Air Force station, air base, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom

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Location: 53.9262, -0.7948, ///fuel.fatter.intersect, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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1066-09-26T00:00:00Z

Battle of Fulford

1644-04-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of Selby

1066-09-25T00:00:00Z

Battle of Stamford Bridge

0867-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of York

1644-07-16T00:00:00Z

Siege of York

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Frameless

Armourers 'bombing up' a Handley Page Halifax Mk II of No. 405 Squadron RCAF at Pocklington in Yorkshire, August 1942. CH6609

Halifax nose art Pinocchio April 1943 IWM CH 9331

Halifax nose art Ruhr Valley Express IWM CH 6614

Pocklington Airfield - geograph.org.uk - 107841

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Subterranea Britannica article@			Wikidata
conflict	1066	Battle of Fulford	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1644	Battle of Selby	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1066	Battle of Stamford Bridge	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	867	Battle of York	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1644	Siege of York	siege, google		Wikidata
bunker	1918	RAF Shipton	Royal Air Force station, air base, bunker, google		Wikidata
bunker		York Cold War Bunker	Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, military museum, bunker, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	1382	Sheriff Hutton Castle	quadrangular castle, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 350m west of Butt Farm	anti-aircraft battery		Wikidata
museum	1942	Eden Camp Museum	independent museum, military museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		Museum of Army Transport	military museum, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1990	The Kohima Museum	independent museum, military museum, museum		Wikidata
museum	1885	Tower Street drill hall	drill hall, military museum, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		York Army Museum	independent museum, military museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1986	Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial	military museum, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
tower	1245	Clifford's Tower	keep, tripadvisor, google		Wikidata
walls		York city walls	city walls, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
image	1942	Armourers 'bombing up' a Handley Page Halifax Mk II of No. 405 Squadron RCAF at Pocklington in Yorkshire, August 1942. CH6609			Wikimedia
image	1943	Halifax nose art Pinocchio April 1943 IWM CH 9331			Wikimedia
image	1942	Halifax nose art Ruhr Valley Express IWM CH 6614			Wikimedia
image	2006	Pocklington Airfield - geograph.org.uk - 107841			Wikimedia