Air Force Machrihanish or RAF Machrihanish (formerly ICAO: EGQJ) is a former Royal Air Force station located near the town of Machrihanish and 3.5 miles...
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11 km (7 mi) along the Kintyre Way. Campbeltown Airport, formerly RAF Machrihanish, is located near the village. Although still available to the Royal...
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coast of Scotland. The airport was formerly known as RAF Machrihanish (after the village of Machrihanish) and hosted squadrons of the Royal Air Force and...
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as other parts of the United Kingdom including Elstree Studios and RAF Machrihanish in Scotland. Filmmakers normally use models to film the crash-landing...
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of Campbeltown on the western side of the Kintyre Peninsula, Machrihanish is a former RAF air station, notable for its weather forecasts. The base had...
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military and civilian landings. Others included RAF Greenham Common, RAF Aldergrove and RAF Machrihanish. For a number of years, the base operated as a...
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List of former Royal Air Force stations (redirect from List of former RAF stations)
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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Fortune, Kirkwall / Orkney, Longside (airship station), Luce Bay, RAF Machrihanish, Peterhead, and Strathberg. With the post First World War Royal Air Force...
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station for which online records are available is at Campbeltown Airport/RAF Machrihanish, about 3 mi (4.8 km) west of the town centre. The lowest temperature...
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United Kingdom (and its Crown Dependencies) begin with the two letters "EG". RAF Mount Pleasant on the Falkland Islands also uses the "EG" code. Airport names...
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village of Machrihanish which sits on the headland at the south end of the bay. Directly east of the bay sits Campbeltown Airport (RAF Machrihanish) and further...
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1943 until March 1943 flying the Fairey Swordfish before moving to RAF Machrihanish. Several other Naval Air Squadrons also used the airfield: 704 NAS...
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debris field.: 25 The wreckage was brought to the AAIB's hangar at RAF Machrihanish (on which Campbeltown Airport was located at the time of the accident)...
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Stroud, UK: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-4401-7. Wynn, Humphrey - RAF Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Forces, their Origins, Roles and Deployment 1946-69...
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unusual lodgers were the Hurricanes of 804 Naval Air Squadron from RAF Machrihanish who arrived in early June 1943 and left for RNAS Twatt on 4 February...
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JHC FS Aldergrove (redirect from RAF Aldergrove)
Operation Helvetic, and for other operations abroad. Due to the closure of RAF Machrihanish, the base is now used for University Air Squadron and Air Training...
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South Yorkshire, England (until 1996) RAF Machrihanish, Campbeltown, Scotland RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England (until...
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replaced by the more capable Mark 57, which was stockpiled at RAF St Mawgan and RAF Machrihanish. When the Cold War ended in 1991, the BAOR still had about...
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Orkney HMS Wagtail, Heathfield, Ayr, South Ayrshire RAF Benbecula RAF Kirknewton RAF Lossiemouth RAF Tain Previously within the British Army, the Scottish...
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Islands Scotland EGPY RAF Dounreay North Scotland EGQA Tain EGQB RAF Ballykelly EGQC Garvie Island EGQD Lisburn EGQJ RAF Machrihanish later Campbeltown Airport...
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776 Sand 2 Campbeltown Argyll and Bute EGEC CAL Campbeltown Airport (RAF Machrihanish) Public 3,049 10,003 Asphalt 13 Coll Argyll and Bute EGEL COL Coll...
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Ohio, United States UTC−05:00 Mar–Nov CAL EGEC Campbeltown Airport / RAF Machrihanish Campbeltown, Scotland, United Kingdom UTC±00:00 Mar–Oct CAM SLCA Camiri...
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of the British Army, to form an independent service, the Royal Air Force (RAF). Currently the abbreviation RNAS stands for "Royal Naval Air Station", and...
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passengers. Twice a year, the squadron took part in Exercise MACDROP at RAF Machrihanish, in which Andovers were employed in parachute dropping with the Parachute...
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212. "Machrihanish | RAF Heraldry Trust". www.rafht.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2018. Pine 1983, p. 269. Lake, Alan (1999). Flying units of the RAF : the...
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DH.6s from Machrihanish, Scotland on anti-submarine patrols and disbanded on 5 March 1919. The squadron reformed on 19 November 1940 at RAF Aldergrove...
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replaced by the more capable Mark 57, which was stockpiled at RAF St Mawgan and RAF Machrihanish for US, Dutch and British aircraft. As well as meeting the...
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News. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2012. "Sale of former RAF airbase at Machrihanish confirmed". BBC News. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012. "Community...
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and Stavanger, Norway; Thule AB, Greenland; RAF Machrihanish and RAF Kinloss, Scotland; RAF Mildenhall and RAF St Mawgan, England; Valkenburg Naval Air Base...
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Operation Pedestal. In September 1942, the squadron was ordered to RAF Machrihanish to re-equip with the Supermarine Seafire IIc, and then embarked on...
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