RAF Petah Tiqva

RAF Petah Tiqva
RAF Petah Tiqva
Kfar Sirkin, Central District in Israel
	RAF Petah Tiqva Shown within Israel
Coordinates	32°05′16″N 034°54′59″E / 32.08778°N 34.91639°E
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Mediterranean and Middle East
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941 - 1948
Airfield information
Elevation	33 metres (108 ft) AMSL
Runways
02/20	1,285 metres (4,216 ft) Asphalt
10/28	1,340 metres (4,396 ft) Asphalt
14/32	1,260 metres (4,134 ft) Asphalt

Royal Air Force Petah Tiqva or more simply RAF Petah Tiqva is a former Royal Air Force station located northwest of Kfar Sirkin, Central District, Israel.

Units

The following squadrons were here at some point:

No. 6 Squadron RAF between 3 and 28 September 1945 with the Hawker Hurricane IV^[1]
No. 14 Squadron RAF between 7 July and 10 August 1941 with the Bristol Blenheim IV^[2]
No. 32 Squadron RAF between 27 September 1945 and 15 March 1946 with the Supermarine Spitfire IX^[3]
No. 208 Squadron RAF between 13 August 1945 and 12 March 1946 with the Spitfire IX^[4]
No. 651 Squadron RAF between 10 July 1946 and 28 April 1948 with the Taylorcraft Auster V^[5]

Units:

No. 74 Operational Training Unit RAF between 20 September 1943 and 16 July 1945 with the Hurricane, North American Harvard and Spitfire^[6]
No. 285 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Wing RAF between 2 September and 30 September 1945^[7]
No. 1906 AOP Flight RAF between 26 June and 24 July 1947 with the Auster V^[8]
No. 1907 AOP Flight RAF between 26 June and August 1947 with the Auster V^[8]
No. 1908 AOP Flight RAF initially between 31 December 1946 and 1 June 1947, then between 11 February and 28 April 1948 with the Auster V^[8]
No. 1909 AOP Flight RAF between 30 June and August 1947 with the Auster V^[8]
No. 1910 AOP Flight RAF between 11 February and 28 April 1948 with the Auster V^[8]

Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.