Former Royal Air Force station in Caithness, Scotland
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RAF Fighter Command * No. 13 Group RAF * No. 14 Group RAF[1]
Site history
Built
1939 (1939)/40
In use
May 1940 – 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II
Events
Battle of Britain & Defence of Scapa Flow
Airfield information
Elevation
27 metres (89 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
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Royal Air Force Castletown or more simply RAF Castletown, is a former Royal Air Force station that operated during the Second World War. Built near to Castletown in Caithness, Scotland the station opened in 1940 and closed in 1945. Initially built to provide a base for fighter cover for the Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, it later became an air-sea rescue base as well, before closing just after the end of the war in Europe.
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