Royal Air Force Castle Kennedy, or more simply RAF Castle Kennedy, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Castle Kennedy, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
RAF Castle Kennedy | |||||||||
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| Castle Kennedy, Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland | |||||||||
  RAF Castle Kennedy Shown within Dumfries and Galloway  RAF Castle Kennedy RAF Castle Kennedy (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°53′52″N 4°56′06″W / 54.89778°N 4.93500°W | ||||||||
| Type | Satellite station | ||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Flying Training Command | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1940/41 | ||||||||
| In use | July 1941 - 15 November 1957 | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||
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The following units were here at some point:[1]
- No. 2 Squadron RAF
- No. 2 Torpedo Training Unit RAF (December 1942 - September 1943)[2]
- No. 3 Air Gunners School RAF (April - December 1942 & November 1943 - June 1945[3]
- No. 10 Air Gunners School RAF (July - December 1941)[3]
- Detachment of No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF (November - December 1944)[4]
- No. 104 Storage Sub Unit of No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF (July 1945 - September 1947)[5]
- No. 2799 Squadron RAF Regiment
- Central Gunnery School RAF (June - December 1941)[6]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ "Castle Kennedy (Lochinch) (Stranraer)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 293.
- ^ a b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 57.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 155.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 207.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 88.
Bibliography
edit- Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.