Claim: RAF Cark, in the county of Cumbria, was opened 1941and was used by RAF Flying Training Command as a Staff Pilot Training Unit and for Anti Aircraft gunnery training.
Evidence: 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. Once the threat of invasion had receded, the airfield was used by RAF Flying Training Command as a Staff Pilot Training Unit and for Anti Aircraft gunnery training with aircraft such as Hawker Hurricanes, Miles Martinets and latterly Supermarine Spitfires.