RAF Peterhead information

Royal Air Force Peterhead or more simply RAF Peterhead is a former Royal Air Force sector station located 2.4 miles (3.9 km) east of Longside, Aberdeenshire...

Peterhead (listen; Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Phàdraig, Scots: Peterheid listen) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement...

a World War II airfield, Longside Airfield was also known as RAF Peterhead or Peterhead Airfield and is situated to the east of the village adjacent to...

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

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...

name of RAF Hunsdon. RAF Hunsdon became operational in 1941. The first unit to arrive at the Airfield (in May 1941) was No. 85 Squadron RAF, flying Boston...

formed at RAF Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1941 as a fighter squadron for service during the Second World War and was based at various RAF stations...

0 mi) south of Peterhead on the Aberdeenshire coast of North East Scotland. The unit is based at the operations site of the former RAF Buchan which downgraded...

8 km) north west of Peterhead. The following units were based at Fraserburgh at some point: No. 8 Operational Training Unit RAF (May 1942 – February...

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

the naming tradition of the Royal Air Force, whereby the prefix RCAF (vs. RAF) was affixed. High River Vancouver Winnipeg Dartmouth Camp Borden Ottawa...

No. 26 Squadron RAF arrived from Church Fenton. The squadron first departed for RAF Scorton, but returned, then left for RAF Peterhead, returning again...

(composed of Belgian pilots), flying Spitfire IXs from RAF Peterhead, then in April from RAF Friston. On 6 June 1944, during the Normandy landings (D-day)...

January 1942. On 7 February 1942, the plane veered off during take-off at RAF Peterhead, and collided with a damaged Supermarine Spitfire. After this accident...

RAF No. 2 Radio Servicing Section RAF No. 4 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF No. 5 Gliding School RAF No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF...

programme of deck-landing and ground attack training. It disembarked to RAF Peterhead on 31 May, flying fighter patrols while Khedive underwent a period of...