Royal Air Force Skeabrae, or more simply RAF Skeabrae, is a former Royal Air Force station located in Orkney, Mainland, United Kingdom. The following...
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1 Squadron RAF Regiment No. II Squadron RAF Regiment No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment (C-UAS) No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment No...
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a Royal Marine uniform, with an RAF overcoat slightly altered with brown leather sewn over the buttons. A black RAF tie, no hat. He carried a small suitcase...
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moved to RAF Peterhead in Aberdeenshire on 20 September to carry out defensive duties over northern Scotland, with a detachment at RAF Skeabrae in the Orkney...
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1941: RAF Catterick August–September 1941: RAF Castletown September 1941-May 1942: RAF Skeabrae May–June 1942: RAF North Weald June–July 1942: RAF Manston...
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Rosehearty R RAF St Cyrus R RAF Schoolhill R RAF Shotton R RAF Skeabrae A RAF Sumburgh A RAF Thrumster R RAF Turnhouse A RAF Usworth A RAF Wick A As well...
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books of HMS Owl. During the 1970s it was proposed to merge with nearby RAF Skeabrae to create a large NATO base, but Iceland was chosen instead. There was...
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role at the headquarters of No. 9 Group. He then commanded the RAF stations at Skeabrae, in the Orkney Islands north of Scotland, and at North Weald. During...
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transferred to Orkney, flying at first from RAF Grimsetter with a detachment at RAF Sumburgh, and later from RAF Skeabrae." Six months later the squadron returned...
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missions began to be flown from RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex, from late August 1944, until No. 611 moved to RAF Skeabrae in Orkney on 3 October. After converting...
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days at RAF Tangmere, also in West Sussex. On 4 July it spent a week at RAF Lympne in Kent. On 11 July 1944 the squadron moved to RAF Skeabrae on Orkney...
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the naming tradition of the Royal Air Force, whereby the prefix RCAF (vs. RAF) was affixed. High River Vancouver Winnipeg Dartmouth Camp Borden Ottawa...
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French Air Force site The RAF unofficial site says Turnhouse and Skeabrae but the Wikipedia list of RAF stations mentions no Skeabrae, whether separately or...
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Orkney HMS Wagtail, Heathfield, Ayr, South Ayrshire RAF Benbecula RAF Kirknewton RAF Lossiemouth RAF Tain Previously within the British Army, the Scottish...
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September 1941 No. 253 (Hyderabad) Squadron from RAF Skeabrae, Orkney, arrived. In addition Douglas Havocs from RAF Hunsdon in Hertfordshire also came to the...
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RAF was an Anti-aircraft Co-operation squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. The squadron was formed on 1 December 1943 at RAF Peterhead...
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fighter station at RAF Skeabrae in the Orkney Islands, but dropped a rank to return to command No. 313 Squadron, flying Spitfires from RAF Ibsley. In January...
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Svein Heglund (section No. 331 Squadron RAF)
joined newly formed No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF on Orkney. The squadron was based at RAF Skeabrae flying Hurricane Mk.IIBs. The squadron's duties...
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the squadron provided flight operations and intelligence support to the RAF at home and overseas, first from Edinburgh before returning to its home city...
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Wideford. This time they did move, first to RAF Skeabrae, much further from Kirkwall, and on 10 December 1941 to RAF Grimsetter, much closer to Kirkwall and...
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Hawker Hurricane fighter. Scott was posted to RAF Fighter Command, joining No. 3 Squadron, based at RAF Skeabrae in the Orkney Islands at the time. Not long...
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No. 451 Squadron RAAF (redirect from No. 451 Squadron RAF)
arrived there on 18 April, attached to No. 251 Wing RAF (with No. 237 Squadron RAF and No. 238 Squadron RAF). This move was very popular with the squadron's...
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again until February 1941. By this time No. 253 Squadron was based at Skeabrae in the Orkney Islands and engaged mostly on protective patrols over convoys...
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Va fighters, the squadron became operational in early May. Now based at Skeabrae, its work at this time was mostly shipping patrols and with only the occasional...
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1941, along with Scott, he was posted to RAF Fighter Command, joining No. 3 Squadron, based at RAF Skeabrae in the Orkney Islands and equipped with Hurricanes...
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1940. In early 1941, No. 253 Squadron moved north and, operating from Skeabrae, carried out convoy patrols over the North Sea for the next several months...
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Gray attended a senior commander's course at RAF Cranwell before taking command of the RAF station at Skeabrae in the Orkney Islands. According to Gray in...
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1941, they moved to RNAS Skeabrae, 7.5 miles (12.1 kilometres) north of Stromness, until 1942, when they moved to the new RAF Grimsetter, now Kirkwall...
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