RAF Fraserburgh

Royal Air Force 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.

RAF Fraserburgh RAF Inverallochy
Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire in Scotland
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Coordinates	57°40′05″N 1°56′04″W / 57.66806°N 1.93444°W / 57.66806; -1.93444Coordinates: 57°40′05″N 1°56′04″W / 57.66806°N 1.93444°W / 57.66806; -1.93444
Type	Satellite Station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1941-42 RAF Coastal Command 1942-43 & 1944-45 RAF Flying Training Command 1943-44
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)/41
In use	December 1941 - June 1945 (1945)^[1]
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	16 metres (52 ft)^[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac

History

The following units were based at Fraserburgh at some point:

• No. 8 Operational Training Unit RAF (May 1942 - February 1943)^[2]
• Relief Landing Ground of No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (May 1943 - September 1944)^[3]
• No. 279 Squadron RAF^[4]
• No. 281 Squadron RAF^[5]
• 823 Naval Air Squadron^[5]
• 838 Naval Air Squadron^[5]
• 883 Naval Air Squadron^[5]
• No. 2792 Squadron RAF Regiment^[5]
• No. 2807 Squadron RAF Regiment^[5]
• No. 2848 Squadron RAF Regiment^[5]

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.^[5]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

1. Falconer 2012, p. 96.
2. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997.
3. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 43.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 83.
5. "Fraserburgh (Inverallochy)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

Bibliography

• Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
• Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.