RAF Castle Kennedy

Former Royal Air Force station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

54°53′52″N 4°56′06″W / 54.89778°N 4.93500°W / 54.89778; -4.93500TypeSatellite stationSite informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Flying Training CommandSite historyBuilt1940 (1940)/41In useJuly 1941 - 15 November 1957 (1957)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield information

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Royal Air Force Castle Kennedy, or more simply RAF Castle Kennedy, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Castle Kennedy, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

No. 2 Squadron RAF
No. 2 Torpedo Training Unit RAF (December 1942 - September 1943)^[2]
No. 3 Air Gunners School RAF (April - December 1942 & November 1943 - June 1945^[3]
No. 10 Air Gunners School RAF (July - December 1941)^[3]
Detachment of No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF (November - December 1944)^[4]
No. 104 Storage Sub Unit of No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF (July 1945 - September 1947)^[5]
No. 2799 Squadron RAF Regiment
Central Gunnery School RAF (June - December 1941)^[6]

References

Citations

^ "Castle Kennedy (Lochinch) (Stranraer)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 293.
^ ^a ^b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 57.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 155.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 207.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 88.

Bibliography

Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.

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formations
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units	Commands Groups Wings Squadrons Flights Conversion units Operational Training units Schools / Training units Ferry units Glider units Misc units
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