RAF Stranraer
Royal Air Force Wig Bay, or more simply RAF Wig Bay, is a former Royal Air Force station near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The following squadrons were here at some point:
- Units
- Detachment of No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (February 1942 - ?)
- No. 11 Flying Boat Fitting Unit (July - October 1943)
- No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF (October 1943 - October 1951)
- Flying Boat Servicing Unit (March - September 1942) became No. 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (September 1942 - February 1944)
References
Citations
- ^ "Wig Bay (Corsewall) (Kirkcolm) (Stranraer)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 234.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 148.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 207.
Bibliography
- Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.