RAF El Bassa

RAF El Bassa
RAF El Bassa
Betzet, Northern District in Israel
	RAF El Bassa Shown within Israel
Coordinates	33°04′16″N 035°07′25″E / 33.07111°N 35.12361°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	15 metres (49 ft) AMSL
Runways
08/26	1,020 metres (3,346 ft) Asphalt
13/31	905 metres (2,969 ft) Asphalt

Royal Air Force El Bassa or more simply RAF El Bassa is a former Royal Air Force station located west of Betzet, Northern District, Israel.

Units

The following squadrons were here at some point:

Detachment from No. 6 Squadron RAF between September 1943 and February 1944 with the Hawker Hurricane IV^[1]
Detachment from No. 73 Squadron RAF between July and August 1942 with the Hurricane IIC^[2]
No. 80 Squadron RAF between 22 September and 13 October 1942 with the Hurricane IIC^[3]
No. 208 Squadron RAF between 16 November 1943 and 7 January 1944 with the Hurricane IIA/IIB, re-equipping with the Supermarine Spitfire VC^[4]
No. 260 Squadron RAF between August and October 1941 with the Hurricane I^[5]
No. 450 Squadron RAAF between 4 and 19 August 1941 with the Hurricane I^[6]
No. 451 Squadron RAAF between February and October 1942 with the Hurricane I^[6]

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.