Extensively developed as mixed use developments one runway now a road
Site history
Built
1940 (1940)
In use
1943–1945 (1945)
249 Squadron Supermarine Spitfires on Malta.Squadron Leader Billy Drake, from June until November 1943 he led the Krendi fighter Wing in Malta, with whom he scored the last of his 20 confirmed victoriesSquadron Leader J J Lynch, Commanding Officer of No. 249 Squadron RAF, sits in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vc at RAF Krendi, as an airman chalks "Malta's 1,000th" below his victory tally.
Royal Air Force Krendi, also known as RAF Qrendi, was a Royal Air Force base located on the island of Malta,[1] near the town of Qrendi. The station was officially inaugurated in 1941 as a diversion airstrip for the main operating bases such as nearby RAF Luqa. Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Krendi were located at RAF Safi and on Malta's second island of Gozo. Later, in November 1942, the British began basing fighter squadrons at Krendi. These remained until late 1943. After the war, the airfield was used as a tracking station and vehicle park, before falling into disuse.
^"Stations-K RAF Krendi/Qrendi". www.rafweb.org. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
Royal Air Force Krendi, also known as RAF Qrendi, was a Royal Air Force base located on the island of Malta, near the town of Qrendi. The station was...
as nearby RAF Luqa. Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Safi were located at RAFKrendi and on Malta's second island of Gozo. RAF Safi was...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
period and the Second World War, including RAF Hal Far, RAF Ta Kali, RAF Luqa, RAF Safi, RAFKrendi and Ta' Lambert Airfield. From the Abyssinian Crisis...
for his personal use. During World War II, a small airstrip known as RAFKrendi was built roughly halfway between the village and Siġġiewi. The airstrip...
assumed a staff job in Cairo, before becoming commander of the Krendi Wing at RAFKrendi on Malta, flying Spitfires. In July 1943, he made his last claim...
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