RAF Cark
| RAF Cark | |||||||||||
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| Cark, Lancashire in England | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Station | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command RAF Flying Training Command | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°09′45″N 002°57′30″W / 54.16250°N 2.95833°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1941 - 1945 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 5 metres (16 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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| Other airfield facilities | Operational dates. | ||||||||||
Royal Air Force Cark or more simply RAF Cark is a former Royal Air Force station in the county of Cumbria (formerly Lancashire) which was operational between 1941 and 1945. It was built near the villages of Cark and Flookburgh on the Cartmel Peninsula which today forms part of Cumbria.