RAF Tain airfield

2006 (© Roy Keen)

RAF Tain airfield

Watch office with Met Section 518/40

Control tower may be demolished soon... 'I managed to visit Tain today, dry but a freezing wind! Control tower still there but in very poor condition, managed to get a look inside. Some other structures have recently been demolished so I think it is only a matter of time before the inevitable, regards, Roy Keen'

('There was a second tower at Tain, the other was used for the range and was pulled down in the 1990s, it was a weird wooden structure that was actually a cut down signals mast. And boy did it sway in a strong wind! via Richard Elwell')

Other Buildings:

09/41 to 10/41, Fighter Sector Station with 17 Sqn Hurricanes.
10/41 to 03/42, 123 Squadron from Castletown.
03/42 to 04/42, 801 Squadron Fleet Air Arm with Sea Hurricanes.
03/42 and 04/42, 76 Squadron Halifaxes used the airfield for two attacks on the Tirpitz in Norway.
06/42 to 04/43, Coastal Command Development Unit moved here from Ballykelly.
01/43 to 11/46, No 1 Torpedo Refresher School (later renamed Torpedo Training Unit) training RAF and RN aircrews.
02/43, Transferred to Coastal Command and used by many Sqns on recce and anti shipping patrols.
07/44 to 08/45, 86 Squadron with Liberators. 08/44 to 06/45, 311 Sqn with Liberators.

2006 (© John Webb)

RAF Tain airfield

2x - T2, 3x - Bellman, 8x - Blister

3-1/2 miles E of Tain

Photographs © copyright as stated

RAF Tain airfield

2002 (© Roy Keen)

RAF Tain airfield

RAF Tain airfield
Airfield Today:	Agriculture
Tower Type:	Watch office with Met Section 518/40
Tower:	Control tower may be demolished soon... 'I managed to visit Tain today, dry but a freezing wind! Control tower still there but in very poor condition, managed to get a look inside. Some other structures have recently been demolished so I think it is only a matter of time before the inevitable, regards, Roy Keen' ('There was a second tower at Tain, the other was used for the range and was pulled down in the 1990s, it was a weird wooden structure that was actually a cut down signals mast. And boy did it sway in a strong wind! via Richard Elwell')
Other Buildings:	Not known
History:	09/41 to 10/41, Fighter Sector Station with 17 Sqn Hurricanes. 10/41 to 03/42, 123 Squadron from Castletown. 03/42 to 04/42, 801 Squadron Fleet Air Arm with Sea Hurricanes. 03/42 and 04/42, 76 Squadron Halifaxes used the airfield for two attacks on the Tirpitz in Norway. 06/42 to 04/43, Coastal Command Development Unit moved here from Ballykelly. 01/43 to 11/46, No 1 Torpedo Refresher School (later renamed Torpedo Training Unit) training RAF and RN aircrews. 02/43, Transferred to Coastal Command and used by many Sqns on recce and anti shipping patrols. 07/44 to 08/45, 86 Squadron with Liberators. 08/44 to 06/45, 311 Sqn with Liberators.
RAF Tain

RAF Tain airfield
Airfield:	Operational
Opened:	/1941
Closed:	/1946
ID Code:	TN
USAAF Station:	N/A
Runways:	3x - concrete
Hangars:	2x - T2, 3x - Bellman, 8x - Blister
County:	Scotland
Location:	3-1/2 miles E of Tain
OS Ref:	NH828818
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©:	Photographs © copyright as stated
RAF Tain airfield