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Kinnell
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2003
(© Peter Dorward)
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RAF
Kinnell airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for Fighter
Satellite Stations 3156/41, later updated with switch room 1536/42 and
observation room 7332/42
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Tower:
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Derelict
May 2011
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Other
Buildings:
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Battle
H.Q.
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History:
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03/42 to 07/44, Satellite to Tealing,
No.56 Operational Training Unit with Lysanders for target towing. 10/43,
Renamed No. 1 Combat Training Wing, training pilots in air-firing and
evasive action with Hurricanes and later Spitfires. Renamed again as No.1
Tactical Excersise Unit. 08/43 to 07/45, Satellite to Montrose with No.2 Fighter Interception Squadron. Then used by No. 44 Maintenance Unit until closure in 1945. |
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RAF
Kinnell airfield
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2003
(© Peter Dorward)
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RAF
Kinnell airfield
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Airfield:
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Operational
Training Unit
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Opened:
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03/1942
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Closed:
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/1945
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ID Code:
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KL
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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2x - tarmac
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Hangars:
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4x - Blister
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County:
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Scotland
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Location:
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5 miles S of Brechin
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OS Ref:
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NO610510
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Links:
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©:
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All photos ©
copyright Peter Dorward
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RAF
Kinnell airfield
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RAF
Kinnell airfield
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RAF
Kinnell airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2003 - Kinnell -
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