No, Elvington ended the war with a standard 3-runway layout, two squadrons of Halifax flying from there, operated by the Free-French Airforce. The runways were dug up to provide hard-core for the single remaining runway, as a forward operating base for B47 surge-ops in the early 1950's, and provided an RLG for the learner-drivers out of Linton and Fenton.
There was a rumour a couple of years back that one R. Branson was planning to develop the place as a maintenance facility for Virgin, but it seems to have fizzled out.
There's an excellent museum on part of the old tech site, which amongst many exhibits, includes 'Friday the 13th', a composite Halifax, and a Victor, which sometimes does taxi runs on the runway.
Carnaby, near Bridlington, and just inland from the beach was a FIDO-equipped ELG, like Manston and Woodbridge, and was Thor-equipped as has already been noted. The mother of an ex-girlfriend told me she was once travelling on a train between Brid and Hull, and noticed all three of Carnaby's Thors erect. Having been recently demobbed from the WRAF, she was aware of their existence, and rushed home expecting the imminent arrival of Soviet ICBMs.
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