RAF Fraserburgh

57°40′05″N 1°56′04″W / 57.66806°N 1.93444°W / 57.66806; -1.93444TypeRoyal Air Force Satellite StationSite informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Fighter Command
* No. 13 Group RAF
1941-42
RAF Coastal Command
* No. 18 Group RAF
1942-43 & 1944-45
RAF Flying Training Command
* No. 21 Group RAF
1943-44Site historyBuilt1940 (1940)/41In useDecember 1941 – June 1945^[1]Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield informationElevation16 metres (52 ft)^[1] AMSL

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Royal Air Force Fraserburgh, or more simply RAF Fraserburgh, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south east of Fraserburgh and 12.3 miles (19.8 km) north west of Peterhead.

History

The following units were based at Fraserburgh at some point:

• No. 8 Operational Training Unit RAF (May 1942 – February 1943)^[2]
• Relief Landing Ground of No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (May 1943 – September 1944)^[3]
• No. 279 Squadron RAF^[4]
• No. 281 Squadron RAF^[5]
• 823 Naval Air Squadron^[5]
• 838 Naval Air Squadron^[5]
• 883 Naval Air Squadron^[5]
• No. 2792 Squadron RAF Regiment^[5]
• No. 2807 Squadron RAF Regiment^[5]
• No. 2848 Squadron RAF Regiment^[5]

Cairnbulg Castle was used as the Officers' Mess. The domestic sites were situated either side of the B9033 road, between the Castle and the airfield, and known as Inverallochy RAF Camp and Tershinty RAF Camp.

Current use

The north and north western sides have been taken over by housing, and the rest of the site is used for farming.^[5]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

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.