RAF Great Orton

54°52′24″N 003°04′32″W / 54.87333°N 3.07556°W / 54.87333; -3.07556TypeSatellite StationCodeGESite informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Fighter CommandSite historyBuilt1942 (1942)/43In useJune 1943 - 1952 (1952)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield informationElevation73 metres (240 ft)^[1] AMSL

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Royal Air Force Great Orton or more simply RAF Great Orton is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located west of Great Orton, Cumbria and the City of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

The following units were here at some point:^[2]

• No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF
• No. 3 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF
• No. 4 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF
• No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAF
• No. 55 OTU
• No. 60 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 219 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 249 Maintenance Unit RAF
• A detachment of No. 281 Squadron RAF with the Vickers Warwick I (1944–45)^[3]
• A detachment of No. 282 Squadron RAF with the Warwick I (1944–45)^[3]

The site is currently a nature reserve.^[2]

• Listed buildings in Aikton

• Falconer, J (1998). RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2175-9.
• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.