RAF Kinnell

56°38′55″N 002°38′14″W / 56.64861°N 2.63722°W / 56.64861; -2.63722TypeRoyal Air Force Satellite StationCodeKL^[1]Site informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Fighter Command
1942-44
RAF Flying Training Command
1944-45
RAF Maintenance Command 1945Site historyBuilt1941 (1941)/42In use1942-1945 (1945)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield informationElevation46 metres (151 ft)^[1] AMSL

Runways
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Royal Air Force Kinnell or more simply RAF Kinnell is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near to Friockheim, Angus, Scotland.

History

The following units were here at some point:^[2]

• Satellite of No. 1 Combat Training Wing RAF (1943-44)^[3]
• Satellite of No. 1 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF (January - July 1944)^[4]
• Satellite of No. 2 Flying Instructors School (Advanced) RAF (September 1944 - July 1945)^[5]
• Relief Landing Ground of No. 9 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (September 1944)^[6]
• Satellite of No. 44 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) (August 1945 - ?)^[7]
• Satellite of No. 56 Operational Training Unit RAF (March 1942 - October 1943)^[8]
• Satellite of No. 260 MU RAF (November 1945 - ?)^[9]

Current use

The site is now used as farmland.^[2]

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.