RAF Wig Bay

Royal Air Force Wig Bay or more simply RAF Wig Bay is a former Royal Air Force station near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

RAF Wig Bay
Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland
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Coordinates	54°58′06″N 5°04′10″W / 54.96833°N 5.06944°W / 54.96833; -5.06944Coordinates: 54°58′06″N 5°04′10″W / 54.96833°N 5.06944°W / 54.96833; -5.06944
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Coastal Command
Site history
Built	1914 (1914)
In use	1914-1957 (1957)
Battles/wars	First World War European theatre of World War II Cold War

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

• No. 209 Squadron RAF
• No. 210 Squadron RAF
• No. 228 Squadron RAF
• No. 240 Squadron RAF
• No. 413 Squadron RCAF
• No. 490 Squadron RNZAF
• Flying Boat Training Squadron RAF
• Seaplane Training Squadron RAF

Units

• Detachment of No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (February 1942 - ?)^[2]
• No. 11 Flying Boat Fitting Unit (July - October 1943)^[3]
• No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF (October 1943 - October 1951)^[4]
• Flying Boat Servicing Unit (March - September 1942) became No. 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (September 1942 - February 1944)^[3]

References

Citations

1. "Wig Bay (Corsewall) (Kirkcolm) (Stranraer)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 234.
3. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 148.
4. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 207.

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.