Editing RAF Dishforth (section)

{{Short description|Former Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2022}}
{{for|the use of the facility by the British Army|Dishforth Airfield}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name = RAF Dishforth
| ensign = [[File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg|90px]] [[File:Royal Canadian Air Force Ensign (1941-1968).svg|90px]]
| ensign_size =
| native_name = 
| location = [[Dishforth]], [[North Yorkshire]]
| country = England
| image = The Control Tower, RAF Dishforth - geograph.org.uk - 415129.jpg
| alt = The control tower at former RAF Dishforth in 2007.
| caption = The [[air traffic control]] at former RAF Dishforth in 2007.
| image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields -->
| alt2 = 
| caption2 = 
| type = [[List of former Royal Air Force stations|Royal Air Force station]]<br />Parent station 1936-43<br />61 Base Substation 1943-44<br />76 Base Substation{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=80}}
| coordinates = {{coord|54|08|14|N|001|25|13|W|type:airport_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| gridref = SE380720
| pushpin_map = North Yorkshire#UK
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within North Yorkshire
| pushpin_label = RAF Dishforth
| pushpin_label_position = left
| ownership = [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]
| operator = [[Royal Air Force]]<br />(1936–1943 and 1945–1992)<br />[[Royal Canadian Air Force]]<br />(1943–1945)
| controlledby = [[RAF Bomber Command]]<br />* [[No. 4 Group RAF]]<br />* [[No. 6 Group RCAF]]
| open_to_public = <!-- for out of use sites/sites with museums etc -->
| site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox -->
| site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities - radar types etc -->  
| site_area = 215 hectares
| code = DH{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=80}}
| built = {{Start date|1935}}/36
| used = September 1936 – {{End date|1992}}
| builder = 
| materials = 
| height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level -->
| length = <!-- for border fences or other DMZs -->
| fate = Transferred to the [[British Army|British Army's]] [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]] and became [[Dishforth Airfield]].
| condition = Closed
| battles = [[European theatre of World War II]]<br />[[Cold War]]
| events = 
| past_commanders = {{plainlist|
*[[Tim Piper (RAF officer)|Tim Piper]]<ref name="WRM">{{cite news |editor-last1=Rees-Mogg |editor-first1=William |editor-link=William Rees-Mogg|title=Air Marshal Sir Tim Piper |work=The Times |issue=60201 |date=4 January 1978 |page=14|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
*[[Desmond J. Scott]]{{sfn|Halpenny|1982|pp=61-62}}
}}
| garrison = <!-- such as the 25th Bombardment Group -->
| occupants = <!-- squadrons only -->
| website = 
| footnotes = <!-- catchall in case it's needed to preserve something in infobox that doesn't work in new code -->
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| IATA = 
| ICAO = EGXD
| FAA = 
| TC = 
| LID = 
| GPS = 
| WMO = 03261
| elevation = {{Convert|36|m|0}}{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=80}}
| r1-number = 10/28
| r1-length = {{Convert|1,362|m|0}}
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| r2-number = 15/33
| r2-length = {{Convert|1,858|m|0}}
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| h1-number = 
| h1-length = <!-- {{Convert| |m|0}} -->
| h1-surface = 
| airfield_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox -->
| airfield_other = <!-- for other sorts of airfield facilities -->
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}}
'''Royal Air Force Dishforth''' or more simply '''RAF Dishforth''' is a former [[Royal Air Force]] [[List of former Royal Air Force stations|station]] near [[Thirsk]] in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]]. Opened in 1936, the base was used as a bomber airfield during the [[World War II|Second World War]] with both British and Canadian squadrons flying missions from the airfield. After the war, the base was used by various squadrons and training units before being disposed of in 1992 and handed over to the [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]].