Global Information Lookup Global Information

RAF Milltown information


RAF Milltown
Near Elgin, Moray in Scotland
A former hangar at Milltown during 2008.
A former hangar at Milltown during 2008.
RAF Milltown is located in Moray
RAF Milltown
RAF Milltown
Location in Moray
RAF Milltown is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Milltown
RAF Milltown
RAF Milltown (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates57°40′12″N 003°14′04″W / 57.67000°N 3.23444°W / 57.67000; -3.23444
TypeRoyal Air Force station
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRoyal Air Force (1941–1946 and 1977–2001)
Royal Navy (1946–1977)
DCSA (2001–2006)
Controlled byRAF Coastal Command 1941-46
ConditionClosed
Site history
Built1941 (1941)
In use1941–2006 (2006)
FateSite sold by MOD in 2013, small number of station buildings remaining.
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation4 metres (13 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
05/23 1,390 metres (4,560 ft) Concrete/Tarmac
10/28 1,290 metres (4,232 ft) Concrete/Tarmac

Royal Air Force Milltown or RAF Milltown is a former Royal Air Force station located south of the Moray Firth and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north east of Elgin, Scotland.

Flying stopped in 1977 and the site became a defence communication station. The site was returned to previous owners the Innes estate and will become the site of a solar farm.

  1. ^ Falconer 2012, p. 146.

and 24 Related for: RAF Milltown information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8163 seconds.)

RAF Milltown

Last Update:

Royal Air Force Milltown or RAF Milltown is a former Royal Air Force station located south of the Moray Firth and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north east of Elgin...

Word Count : 1480

RAF Lossiemouth

Last Update:

20 OTU, moved to the second of the Lossiemouth satellite airfields, RAF Milltown, located 3 mi (4.8 km) to the south-east. By now 46 MU were concentrating...

Word Count : 9669

Milltown

Last Update:

Milltown may refer to: Mill town, a settlement that developed around one or more mills Milltown, New Brunswick Milltown, Newfoundland and Labrador Milltown...

Word Count : 400

List of former Royal Air Force stations

Last Update:

This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...

Word Count : 1484

Defence High Frequency Communications Service

Last Update:

other military purposes with the sites at Bampton Castle, Chelveston and Milltown being the only sites which closed entirely. Kinloss Crimond Forest Moor...

Word Count : 986

List of Royal Air Force Glider units

Last Update:

1988, p. 103. Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since...

Word Count : 169

Operation Catechism

Last Update:

for up to two days. The aircraft were split between RAF Kinloss, RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Milltown. Tirpitz's defences were improved after Operation Obviate...

Word Count : 6245

Military history of Scotland

Last Update:

Orkney HMS Wagtail, Heathfield, Ayr, South Ayrshire RAF Benbecula RAF Kirknewton RAF Lossiemouth RAF Tain Previously within the British Army, the Scottish...

Word Count : 6490

Operation Obviate

Last Update:

suitable. They would then be bombed up, and fly to RAF Kinloss, RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Milltown in northern Scotland. The operational order stated that...

Word Count : 4165

Predannack Airfield

Last Update:

was now vulnerable to attack by the Luftwaffe. RAF Predannack was opened in May 1941 as a satellite for RAF Portreath. Accommodation was dispersed over a...

Word Count : 1086

AAC Middle Wallop

Last Update:

training at RAF Shawbury. The base is notable for having previously served as both a Royal Navy (as HMS Flycatcher) and a Royal Air Force (as RAF Middle Wallop)...

Word Count : 2715

RAF Angle

Last Update:

Royal Air Force Angle or more commonly RAF Angle, is a former Royal Air Force station located on the Angle Peninsula Coast, 8 miles (13 km) west of Pembroke...

Word Count : 3696

Isle of Man Airport

Last Update:

Royal Air Force control at the outbreak of the Second World War. Known as RAF Ronaldsway, it was one of the few airfields that continued operating civilian...

Word Count : 1864

Glasgow Airport

Last Update:

RAF No. 34 Squadron RAF No. 88 Squadron RAF No. 225 Squadron RAF No. 232 Squadron RAF No. 239 Squadron RAF No. 254 Squadron RAF No. 269 Squadron RAF No...

Word Count : 4048

Kirkwall Airport

Last Update:

following RAF units were here at some point: No. 129 Squadron RAF (1942–43) No. 132 Squadron RAF (1942) No. 234 Squadron RAF (1943) No. 2704 Squadron RAF Regiment...

Word Count : 733

List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds

Last Update:

A Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) is a type of British Royal Air Force (RAF) aviation facility that typically consists of an airfield with one or two grass...

Word Count : 426

HMS Fieldfare

Last Update:

HMS Fieldfare also known as R.A.F. Landing Ground Novar, then RNAS Evanton and later as RAF Evanton, is a disused airfield in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland...

Word Count : 830

HM Prison Ford

Last Update:

Squadron RAF No. 16 Squadron RAF No. 22 Squadron RAF No. 23 Squadron RAF No. 29 Squadron RAF No. 88 Squadron RAF No. 96 Squadron RAF No. 97 Squadron RAF No...

Word Count : 2006

RAF Brawdy

Last Update:

Royal Air Force Brawdy, or more simply RAF Brawdy, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) east of St Davids, Pembrokeshire...

Word Count : 6394

RAF Bramcote

Last Update:

Royal Air Force Bramcote, or more simply RAF Bramcote, is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-east of Nuneaton, Warwickshire...

Word Count : 1180

RAF Nutts Corner

Last Update:

Royal Air Force Nutts Corner, or more simply RAF Nutts Corner, is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station located 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east of Crumlin, County...

Word Count : 1325

RAF Toome

Last Update:

Royal Air Force Toome or more simply RAF Toome is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The following...

Word Count : 153

RAF Kirkistown

Last Update:

Royal Air Force Kirkistown or more simply RAF Kirkistown is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) of Ballyhalbert, County...

Word Count : 326

RAF Sydenham

Last Update:

Royal Air Force Sydenham or more simply RAF Sydenham is a former Royal Air Force station in Northern Ireland. In the 1970s it was the main servicing base...

Word Count : 569

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net