RAF Crosby-on-Eden was a
Second World War airfield which was home to No.59 Operational Training Unit providing day training for
Hawker Hurricane pilots. It was replaced by No. 9 Operational Training Unit, 17 Group
Coastal Command, in August 1942 for training long-range fighter crews on
Bristol Beaufort and
Bristol Beaufighter conversion squadrons, as well as air firing and night flying. In August 1944, the station came under the command of No. 109 Operational Training Unit, a transport command of
Douglas Dakotas. The station was renamed 1383 TCU on 1 August 1945. After the Second World War,
British European Airways commenced flights to
Ronaldsway and
Belfast. However, the RAF station had no post-war use or need and was closed in 1947. It was reopened in 1960 as Carlisle Airport. Since 2006, the airport has been known as
Carlisle Lake District Airport, and since 30 May 2009, the airport lease has been owned by the
Stobart Group. ==See also==