RAF Skeabrae
Royal Air Force Skeabrae, or more simply RAF Skeabrae, is a former Royal Air Force station located in Orkney, Mainland, United Kingdom.
History
The following units were here at some point:
- Squadrons
- No. 3 Squadron RAF (1941)
- No. 66 Squadron RAF (1943)
- No. 118 Squadron RAF (1944)
- No. 129 Squadron RAF (1943)
- No. 132 Squadron RAF (1942)
- No. 164 Squadron RAF (1942)
- No. 234 Squadron RAF (1943)
- No. 253 Squadron RAF (1941)
- No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF (1943)
- No. 313 Squadron RAF (1944)
- No. 329 Squadron RAF (1945)
- No. 331 Squadron RAF (1941-42)
- No. 441 Squadron RCAF (1944-45)
- No. 451 Squadron RAAF
- No. 453 Squadron RAAF (1943-44)
- No. 598 Squadron RAF
- No. 602 Squadron RAF (1942-43 & 1944)
- No. 603 Squadron RAF
- No. 611 Squadron RAF (1944)
- Units
- Advanced Ship Recognition Flight RAF (January - February 1943) became No. 1476 (Advanced Ship Recognition) Flight RAF (February - June 1943 & June - January 1944)
- No. 1491 (Fighter Gunnery) Flight RAF (November 1942 - August 1943)
- 1841 Naval Air Squadron
- No. 2714 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2745 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2766 Squadron RAF Regiment
- No. 2824 Squadron RAF Regiment
- Royal Navy
Current use
The site is currently private agricultural land.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 177.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 24.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 45.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 57.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 59.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 64.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 75.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 78.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 86.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 87.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 92.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 93.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 98.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 100.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 134.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 136.
- ^ "Skeabrae". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
Bibliography
- Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
- Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
- Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.
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