RAF Fraserburgh

RAF Fraserburgh; RAF Inverallochy
	Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire
	RAF Fraserburgh; RAF Inverallochy
Coordinates	57.669°N 1.934°W
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Controlled by	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1940
In use	1941-1945
Battles/wars	Second World War

Royal Air Force Station Fraserburgh, or more simply RAF Fraserburgh, is a former Royal Air Force station located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south east of Fraserburgh and 12.3 miles (19.8 km) north west of Peterhead.

History

The following units were based at Fraserburgh at some point:

No. 8 Operational Training Unit RAF.[1]
No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit.[1]
No. 279 Squadron RAF.[2]
838 Naval Air Squadron.[1]

Cairnbulg Castle was used as the Officers' Mess. The domestic sites were situated either side of the B9033 road, between the Castle and the airfield, and known as Inverallochy RAF Camp and Tershinty RAF Camp.

Current use

The north and north western sides have been taken over by housing, and the rest of the site is used for farming.[1]

References

Citations

"Fraserburgh (Inverallochy)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
Jefford 2001, p. 83.

Bibliography

Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

External links

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[ABCT-1] "Fraserburgh (Inverallochy)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

[Jefford2001p83-2] Jefford 2001, p. 83.