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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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RAF Dounreay

Was an airfield in Dounreay, UK that opened in April 1944.

In 1955 the airfield was taken over by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) for developing a fast breeder reactor. One runway was kept operational until the 1990s for transport to/from the site.

See also

References

  1. ^ "ControlTowers.co.uk – Dounreay". Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  • Delve, Ken (2010). The Military Airfields of Britain: Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-84797-027-5.
  • Smith, David J. (1983). Action Stations: 7. Military airfields of Scotland, the North East and Northern Ireland. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 0-85059-563-0.