RAF El Bassa

RAF El Bassa
Betzet, Northern District in Israel
Site information
Type	Royal Air Force station
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Mediterranean and Middle East
Location
RAF El Bassa Shown within Israel
Coordinates	33°04′16″N 035°07′25″E / 33.07111°N 35.12361°E / 33.07111; 35.12361
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941 - 1948 (1948)
Airfield information
Elevation	15 metres (49 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 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.

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]

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

• 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.