RAF Petah Tiqva explained

RAF Petah Tiqva
Ensign:	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Ensign Size:	90px
Location:	Kfar Sirkin, Central District
Country:	Israel
Type:	Royal Air Force station
Pushpin Map:	Israel
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Israel
Pushpin Label:	RAF Petah Tiqva
Ownership:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Controlledby:	RAF Mediterranean and Middle East
Used:	1941 -
Elevation:	33m (108feet)
R1-Number:	02/20
R1-Length:	1285m (4,216feet)
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
R2-Number:	10/28
R2-Length:	1340m (4,400feet)
R2-Surface:	Asphalt
R3-Number:	14/32
R3-Length:	1260m (4,130feet)
R3-Surface:	Asphalt

Royal Air Force Petah Tiqva or more simply RAF Petah Tiqva is a former Royal Air Force station located northwest of Kfar Sirkin, Central District, Israel.

Units

The following squadrons were here at some point:

No. 6 Squadron RAF between 3 and 28 September 1945 with the Hawker Hurricane IV
No. 14 Squadron RAF between 7 July and 10 August 1941 with the Bristol Blenheim IV
No. 32 Squadron RAF between 27 September 1945 and 15 March 1946 with the Supermarine Spitfire IX
No. 208 Squadron RAF between 13 August 1945 and 12 March 1946 with the Spitfire IX
No. 651 Squadron RAF between 10 July 1946 and 28 April 1948 with the Taylorcraft Auster V

Units:

No. 74 Operational Training Unit RAF between 20 September 1943 and 16 July 1945 with the Hurricane, North American Harvard and Spitfire
No. 285 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Wing RAF between 2 September and 30 September 1945
No. 1906 AOP Flight RAF between 26 June and 24 July 1947 with the Auster V
No. 1907 AOP Flight RAF between 26 June and August 1947 with the Auster V
No. 1908 AOP Flight RAF initially between 31 December 1946 and 1 June 1947, then between 11 February and 28 April 1948 with the Auster V
No. 1909 AOP Flight RAF between 30 June and August 1947 with the Auster V
No. 1910 AOP Flight RAF between 11 February and 28 April 1948 with the Auster V

Book: Jefford . C. G. . RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 . 1988 . Airlife Publishing . Shrewsbury, UK . 1-85310-053-6 .
Book: Sturtivant. Ray. Hamlin. John. Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912 . 2007 . Air-Britain (Historians). Tonbridge, UK. 978-0851-3036-59.