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Kinloss
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1956
(© Graham Johnson)
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RAF
Kinloss airfield
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Airfield Today:
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RAF
Station
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for all
Commands 343/43 with added VCR 3957/58
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Tower:
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Not
known
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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01/04/39 to 04/40, No. 14 Service Flying Training School with Harvard
and Oxfords, moved to Cranfield. 12/39 to 01/40, 609 Sqn Spitfires. 04/40 to , No. 45 Maintenance Unit preparing various types including Halifax, Whitley, Wellington, Spitfire, Warwicks, etc. 04/40 to 05/40, Airfield transferred to Bomber Command and used by Whitleys of 77 and 102 Sqns from Driffield. 05/40 to 26/06/45, No. 19 OTU with Whitley and Wellington bombers. 07/45 to , Transferred to No. 236 OCU, Coastal Command with Beaufighter and Mosquitos and later Lancaster, Neptune and Shackleton. 12/49 to 04/51, 120 Sqn with Lancasters and Shackletons, moved to Aldergrove, returned 01/04/59 converting to Nimrods 02/71. 04/52 to 03/57, 217 Sqn Neptunes from St. Eval. See link to RAF Kinloss website below for more detailed history. |
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(left)
CRDF in the control room
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Movement control boards showing 236 Shackleton OCU, 217 Sqn Neptune, RCAF
Sabre, USN P2V5 and RNAF Catalina
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1956
(© Graham Johnson)
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RAF
Kinloss airfield
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Airfield:
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Operational Training
Unit, Operational Conversion Unit
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Opened:
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04/1939
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Closed:
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N/A
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Code:
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KW
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3 concrete, tarmac
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Hangars:
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2x Bellman, 2x K Type,
9x L Type
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County:
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Scotland
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Location:
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9 miles W of Elgin
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Links:
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OS Ref:
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NJ065536
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©:
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All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
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1956
(© Graham Johnson)
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RAF
Kinloss airfield
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RAF
Kinloss airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2006
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