RAF Croft
Location : 6 miles North of Croft-on-Tees
OS Ref : NZ 285 068
Approval was granted in September 1940 for land to be requisitioned for the development of a bomber airfield in the Walmires area close to the village of Dalton to provide a satellite field for Middleton St. George. Construction of the standard intersecting three-runway 'triangle' took most of 1941 the main runway (09/27) being 2,000 yards, the secondary’s (03/21 and 15/33) each 1,400 yards. Hangarage was provided by two T2 and one B1 hangar with dispersed accommodation provided for up to 2,460 males and 323 females. The airfield opened in October 1941 and became known locally as Neasham. The Whitley's of 78Sqn within No.4 Group, Bomber Command became the first residents making the short journey from Middleton St. George. The squadrons Whitley's were replaced with Halifax II's in March 1942, the squadron taking these to Middletion St. George in the June. During summer 1942 a runway extension and other repairs was carried out upgrading the station to a class A airfield.
419Sqn arrived from Topcliffe with Wellington III's at the end of September 1942 for a short period of time before the squadron moved to Middleton St. George to convert onto Halifax Mk.II's, the Wellington's remaining at Croft to equip 427Sqn which had formed.
When No.6 (RCAF) Group formed in January 1943 the station was transferred to the Canadians and during March became No.64 Base sub-station under the control of Middleton St.George transferring again on the 4th May to No.63 (RCAF) Base at Leeming. The Group was making the transition from former No.4 Group Wellington's to Halifax bombers and the 1664HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit) was formed at Croft to assist crews convert to four-engine bombers.
431Sqn & 434Sqn became residents in Mid-December 1943, staying until the end of the war. For a brief spell the Mosquito's of 13OTU used Croft as a satellite field from their base at Middleton St. George. The airfield became dormant and only saw use as a relief landing ground for Middleton St. George though in late 1952 205AFS moved their Meteor's to Croft for a little over a year while the runways at Middleton St. George were re-surfaced.
Although the main airfield buildings are gone, the hardstandings and a significant part of the runways are still intact and form part of the Croft race circuit
Based units
| Unit | Arrived From | Arrival Date | Dept Date | Departed To | Aircraft |
| 78Sqn | Middleton St.George | 20/10/1941 | 10/06/1942 | Middleton St.George | Whitley V, Halifax II |
| 419Sqn | Topcliffe | 30/09/1942 | 09/11/1942 | Middleton St. George | Wellington III |
| 427Sqn | (Formed) | 07/11/1942 | 04/05/1943 | Leeming | Wellington III, Lancaster X |
| 1664HCU | (Formed) | 10/05/1943 | 07/12/1943 | Disforth | Halifax II / III / V |
| 431Sqn | Tholthorpe | 10/12/1943 | 12/06/1945 | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | Halifax V / III, Lancaster X |
| 434Sqn | Tholthorpe | 11/12/1943 | 15/06/1945 | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | Halifax V / III, Lancaster X / I / III |
| 13OTU | Middleton St. George | 09/1945 | 05/1946 | Middleton St. George | Mosquito |
| 205AFS | Middleton St. George | 12/12/1952 | 01/01/1954 | Middleton St. George | Meteor F4 / T7 |