RAF Wig Bay

Former Royal Air Force station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

54°58′06″N 5°04′10″W / 54.96833°N 5.06944°W / 54.96833; -5.06944Site informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Coastal CommandSite historyBuilt1914 (1914)In use1914-1957 (1957)Battles/warsFirst World War
European theatre of World War II
Cold War

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

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

^ "Wig Bay (Corsewall) (Kirkcolm) (Stranraer)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 234.
^ ^a ^b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 148.
^ 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.

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Ministry of Defence

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