RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)

Royal Naval Air Station Fearn or RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) is a former Fleet Air Arm base located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) southeast of Tain, Scottish Highlands and 21.9 miles (35.2 km) northeast of Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. The Tower has now been converted to residential use. See Restoration Man George Clark.

RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)
Fearn, Scottish Highlands in Scotland
RNAS Fearn
Shown within the Scottish Highlands
RNAS Fearn
RNAS Fearn (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates57°45′28″N 003°56′54″W
TypeRoyal Naval Air Station
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Navy - Fleet Air Arm
Site history
Built1941 (1941)
In use1941-1957 (1957)
Airfield information
Elevation8 metres (26 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
05/23  Concrete
11/29  Concrete
18/36  Concrete

Units

A number of units were here at some point:

Current use

The site is currently used as farmland.[1] On the south-east edge, a new, separate, aerodrome has been created by the name of "Easter Airfield".[26] The control tower is now a private residence owned. It was in a 2015 episode of Channel 4's The Restoration Man.[27] A lot of the original buildings on the other side of the camp are derelict and only have trash from fly-tipping, crows and bugs in them.

See also

References

Citations
  1. "Fearn (Clay of Allan)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 31.
  3. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 36.
  4. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 38.
  5. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 40.
  6. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 58.
  7. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 68.
  8. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 168.
  9. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 175.
  10. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 182.
  11. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 187.
  12. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 189.
  13. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 192.
  14. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 194.
  15. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 205.
  16. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 207.
  17. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 209.
  18. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 213.
  19. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 219.
  20. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 223.
  21. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 231.
  22. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 252.
  23. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 254.
  24. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 273.
  25. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 294.
  26. http://www.easterairfield.co.uk/3.html
  27. "HMS Owl Restoration Case Study". British Standard. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

Bibliography
  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
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