RAF Dalton was home to
No. 102 Squadron beginning in November 1941. No. 102 Squadron returned to Topcliffe in June 1942 and for a time Dalton hosted
No. 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (HCU) flying
Handley Page Halifaxes. The airfield was improved in 1942 and in early 1943 was allocated to
No. 6 Group Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Canadian squadrons stationed here at one time or another included
No. 428 Squadron,
No. 424 Squadron,
No. 420 Squadron, and
No. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (which moved to
RAF Wombleton in October 1943). The station also housed No. 1691 Bomber Gunnery Flight RCAF and its successor, No. 1695 Bomber Defence Training Flight RCAF, the last RCAF unit to serve at this station. In November 1944, control passed from No. 6 Group to the new No. 7 (Training) Group. By August 1945 all units at Dalton were disbanded or transferred. ==Operational units and aircraft==