RAF Alness

Former Royal Air Force station in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

57°40′54″N 004°15′46″W / 57.68167°N 4.26278°W / 57.68167; -4.26278Site informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Coastal CommandSite historyBuilt1920 (1920)In use1920-1986 (1986)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Cold WarAirfield informationElevation4 metres (13 ft) AMSL

Royal Air Force Alness, or more simply RAF Alness, is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.1 miles (1.8 km) southwest of Alness, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland and 14.1 miles (22.7 km) north of Inverness, Inverness-shire.

History

RAF Alness was previously called RAF Invergordon until 10 February 1943.^[1]

The following units were based here at some point:

No. 201 Squadron RAF^[2]
No. 209 Squadron RAF^[3]
No. 210 Squadron RAF^[3]
No. 228 Squadron RAF^[4]
No. 240 Squadron RAF^[5]
No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF^[6] (June 1941 - August 1946)^[7]
No. 5 Flying Boat Servicing Unit RAF (November 1942 - 1945)^[8]
No. 6 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit RAF^[6]
No. 302 Ferry Training Unit RAF (July 1945 - April 1946)^[9]
No. 1100 Marine Craft Unit RAF^[6]
Detachment of Coastal Command Flying Instructors School RAF (July - October 1945)^[10]
Flying Boat Development Flight RAF (July 1924)^[8]
Seaplane Training Squadron RAF (September 1939 - March 1941) absorbed into No. 4 (C)OTU^[11]

Current use

The site is now Alness Point Business Park.^[6]

References

Citations

^ Jefford 1988, p. 147.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 67.
^ ^a ^b Jefford 1988, p. 70.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 74.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 76.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Alness (Invergordon)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 234.
^ ^a ^b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 148.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 116.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 93.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 270.

Bibliography

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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