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RAF Wig Bay
Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland
RAF Wig Bay is located in Dumfries and Galloway
RAF Wig Bay
RAF Wig Bay
Shown within Dumfries and Galloway
RAF Wig Bay is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Wig Bay
RAF Wig Bay
RAF Wig Bay (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates54°58′06″N 5°04′10″W / 54.96833°N 5.06944°W / 54.96833; -5.06944
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Coastal Command
Site history
Built1914 (1914)
In use1914-1957 (1957)
Battles/warsFirst World War
European theatre of World War II
Cold War

Royal Air Force Wig Bay, or more simply RAF Wig Bay, is a former Royal Air Force station near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

The following squadrons were here at some point:[1]

  • No. 209 Squadron RAF
  • No. 210 Squadron RAF
  • No. 228 Squadron RAF
  • No. 240 Squadron RAF
  • No. 413 Squadron RCAF
  • No. 490 Squadron RNZAF
  • Flying Boat Training Squadron RAF
  • Seaplane Training Squadron RAF
Units
  • Detachment of No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (February 1942 - ?)[2]
  • No. 11 Flying Boat Fitting Unit (July - October 1943)[3]
  • No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF (October 1943 - October 1951)[4]
  • Flying Boat Servicing Unit (March - September 1942) became No. 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (September 1942 - February 1944)[3]
  1. ^ "Wig Bay (Corsewall) (Kirkcolm) (Stranraer)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 234.
  3. ^ a b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 148.
  4. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 207.

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