Royal Naval Air Station Crail (RNAS Crail, also known as HMS Jackdaw) is a former Royal Naval Air Station of the Fleet Air Arm located 4.9 miles (7.9 km) east of Anstruther, Fife and 8.8 miles (14.2 km) from St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was home to a site of the Joint Services School for Linguists from 1956 to 1960.
RNAS Crail (HMS Jackdaw) | |||||||||||||
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| Crail, Fife in Scotland | |||||||||||||
.jpg) RNAS Crail on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1941 | |||||||||||||
  RNAS Crail Shown within Fife  RNAS Crail RNAS Crail (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°16′09″N 002°36′11″W / 56.26917°N 2.60306°W | ||||||||||||
| Type | Royal Naval Air Station | ||||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||||
| Owner | Admiralty | ||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Navy | ||||||||||||
| Controlled by | Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||||
| Built | 1918 1940 | ||||||||||||
| In use | 1918-? 1940-1961 | ||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||||
| Elevation | 23 metres (75 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||||
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Units
editA number of units were here at some point:
- No. 104 Squadron RAF[1]
- 120th Aero Squadron[2]
- 711 Naval Air Squadron[3]
- 747 Naval Air Squadron[4]
- 758 Naval Air Squadron[5]
- 770 Naval Air Squadron[6]
- 778 Naval Air Squadron[7]
- 780 Naval Air Squadron[8]
- 785 Naval Air Squadron[9]
- 786 Naval Air Squadron[10]
- 800 Naval Air Squadron[11]
- 810 Naval Air Squadron[12]
- 811 Naval Air Squadron[13]
- 812 Naval Air Squadron[14]
- 816 Naval Air Squadron[15]
- 817 Naval Air Squadron[16]
- 819 Naval Air Squadron[17]
- 820 Naval Air Squadron[18]
- 822 Naval Air Squadron[19]
- 823 Naval Air Squadron[20]
- 826 Naval Air Squadron[21]
- 827 Naval Air Squadron[22]
- 828 Naval Air Squadron[23]
- 829 Naval Air Squadron[24]
- 831 Naval Air Squadron[25]
- 832 Naval Air Squadron[26]
- 833 Naval Air Squadron[27]
- 834 Naval Air Squadron[28]
- 836 Naval Air Squadron[29]
- 837 Naval Air Squadron[30]
- 837A Flight[30]
- 846 Naval Air Squadron[31]
- Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit RAF[2]
- No. 4 Ferry Flight RAF[2]
- No. 27 Training Depot Station[2]
- No. 50 Training Squadron[2]
Current use
editThe site is currently used for industrial work farming and car drag racing.[2]
See also
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 54.
- ^ a b c d e f "Crail". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 33.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 68.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 76.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 88.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 98.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 101.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 107.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 108.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 125.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 162.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 166.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 169.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 187.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 189.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 194.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 199.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 207.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 209.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 223.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 230.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 231.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 233.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 238.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 241.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 242.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 244.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 248.
- ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 252.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 268.
Bibliography
edit- 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.; Ballance, T. (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.