Royal Air Force Skeabrae,or more simplyRAF Skeabrae,is a formerRoyal Air Forcestationlocated inOrkney,Mainland,United Kingdom.
RAF Skeabrae  | |||||||||||||
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| Dounby,Mainland,Orkneyin Scotland | |||||||||||||
 RAF Skeabrae on a target dossier of the GermanLuftwaffe,1941 | |||||||||||||
  RAF Skeabrae Location within Orkney  RAF Skeabrae RAF Skeabrae (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°03′52″N003°16′09″W/ 59.06444°N 3.26917°W | ||||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||||
| Code | KJ[1] | ||||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force Royal Navy | ||||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||||
| In use | August 1940- 1957 | ||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||||
| Elevation | 18 metres (59 ft)[1]AMSL | ||||||||||||
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History
editThe following units were here at some point:
- Squadrons
- No. 3 Squadron RAF(1941)[2]
- No. 66 Squadron RAF(1943)[3]
- No. 118 Squadron RAF(1944)[4]
- No. 129 Squadron RAF(1943)[5]
- No. 132 Squadron RAF(1942)[5]
- No. 164 Squadron RAF(1942)[6]
- No. 234 Squadron RAF(1943)[7]
- No. 253 Squadron RAF(1941)[8]
- No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF(1943)[9]
- No. 313 Squadron RAF(1944)[9]
- No. 329 Squadron RAF(1945)[10]
- No. 331 Squadron RAF(1941-42)[10]
- No. 441 Squadron RCAF(1944-45)[11]
- No. 451 Squadron RAAF[11]
- No. 453 Squadron RAAF(1943-44)[12]
- No. 598 Squadron RAF[13]
- No. 602 Squadron RAF(1942-43 & 1944)[13]
- No. 603 Squadron RAF[13]
- No. 611 Squadron RAF(1944)[14]
- Units
- Advanced Ship Recognition Flight RAF(January - February 1943) becameNo. 1476 (Advanced Ship Recognition) Flight RAF(February - June 1943 & June - January 1944)[15]
- No. 1491 (Fighter Gunnery) Flight RAF(November 1942 - August 1943)[16]
- 1841 Naval Air Squadron[17]
- No. 2714 Squadron RAF Regiment[17]
- No. 2745 Squadron RAF Regiment[17]
- No. 2766 Squadron RAF Regiment[17]
- No. 2824 Squadron RAF Regiment[17]
- Royal Navy
Current use
editThe site is currently private agricultural land.[17]
See also
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^abFalconer 2012,p. 177.
- ^Jefford 1988,p. 24.
- ^Jefford 1988,p. 45.
- ^Jefford 1988,p. 57.
- ^abJefford 1988,p. 59.
- ^Jefford 1988,p. 64.
- ^Jefford 1988,p. 75.
- ^Jefford 1988,p. 78.
- ^abJefford 1988,p. 86.
- ^abJefford 1988,p. 87.
- ^abJefford 1988,p. 92.
- ^Jefford 1988,p. 93.
- ^abcJefford 1988,p. 98.
- ^Jefford 1988,p. 100.
- ^Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997,p. 134.
- ^Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997,p. 136.
- ^abcdefghijklmno"Skeabrae".Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust.Retrieved26 April2020.
Bibliography
edit- Falconer, J (2012).RAF Airfields of World War 2.UK: Ian Allan Publishing.ISBN978-1-85780-349-5.
- 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.ISBN1-85310-053-6.
- Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997).Royal Air Force flying training and support units.UK: Air-Britain (Historians).ISBN0-85130-252-1.