RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)
RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) | |||||||||||
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| Fearn, Scottish Highlands in Scotland | |||||||||||
  RNAS Fearn Shown within the Scottish Highlands | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°45′28″N 003°56′54″W / 57.75778°N 3.94833°WCoordinates: 57°45′28″N 003°56′54″W / 57.75778°N 3.94833°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Naval Air Station | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1941-1957 | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 8 metres (26 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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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.
Units
A number of units were here at some point:
- No. 8 Advanced Flying Training School RAF[1]
- 708 Naval Air Squadron[2]
- 714 Naval Air Squadron[3]
- 717 Naval Air Squadron[4]
- 719 Naval Air Squadron[5]
- 736B Flight[6]
- 747 Naval Air Squadron[7]
- 812 Naval Air Squadron[8]
- 814 Naval Air Squadron[9]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron[10]
- 816 Naval Air Squadron[11]
- 817 Naval Air Squadron[12]
- 818 Naval Air Squadron[13]
- 819 Naval Air Squadron[14]
- 821 Naval Air Squadron[15]
- 822 Naval Air Squadron[16]
- 823 Naval Air Squadron[17]
- 824 Naval Air Squadron[18]
- 825 Naval Air Squadron[19]
- 826 Naval Air Squadron[20]
- 828 Naval Air Squadron[21]
- 837 Naval Air Squadron[22]
- 841 Naval Air Squadron[23]
- 847 Naval Air Squadron[24]
- 860 Naval Air Squadron[25]
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 "Eastern Airfield".[26]
See also
References
Citations
- 1 2 "Fearn (Clay of Allan)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 31.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 36.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 38.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 40.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 58.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 68.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 168.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 175.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 182.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 187.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 189.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 192.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 194.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 205.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 207.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 209.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 213.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 219.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 223.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 231.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 252.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 254.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 273.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 294.
- ↑ http://www.easterairfield.co.uk/3.html
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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