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RAF Elgin
Near Miltonduff, Elgin, Moray in Scotland
The site of RAF Elgin during 2006, including the No. 20 Operational Training unit memorial
RAF Elgin is located in Moray
RAF Elgin
RAF Elgin
Location in Moray
RAF Elgin is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Elgin
RAF Elgin
RAF Elgin (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates57°37′31.5″N 3°20′57.1″W / 57.625417°N 3.349194°W / 57.625417; -3.349194
TypeSatellite airfield
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Bomber Command
  • No. 2 Group RAF
  • No. 6 (T) Group RAF
  • No. 91 (OTU) Group RAF[1]
Site history
Built1940 (1940)
Built byRoyal Engineers
In useJune 1940 – 1947 (1947)
FateReturned to agricultural use
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation30 metres (98 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
N/S 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Grass
E/W 1,143 metres (3,750 ft) Grass
SE/NW 1,005 metres (3,297 ft) Grass

Royal Air Force Elgin or RAF Elgin, also known as Bogs of Mayne, is a former airfield operated by the Royal Air Force and located approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south west of Elgin in Moray, Scotland. It opened in 1940 as a satellite airfield of RAF Lossiemouth and was used throughout the Second World War, predominantly by bomber aircraft of No. 20 Operational Training Unit. Towards the end of the war it was used by No. 46 Maintenance Unit, before it closed in 1947. The site was returned to agricultural use, although several airfield buildings and a memorial remain.

  1. ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 89.

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