Royal Air Force Skitten or more simply RAF Skitten is a former Royal Air Force satellite station directly east of the village of Killimster, located 5...

the 9th Field Company, 1st British Airborne Division), took off from RAF Skitten near Wick, Caithness, Scotland. The towing of gliders, always hazardous...

This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with...

With this in mind, 618 Squadron had been formed on 1 April 1943 at RAF Skitten, near Wick, in northeastern Scotland, to undertake "Operation Servant"...

station of 13 Group. The new station itself had its own satellite at RAF Skitten, which opened in December 1940. The first aircraft, Hawker Hurricanes...

fighter aircraft RAF Skitten No. 260 Squadron RAF operated with Hawker Hurricane single-seat fighter aircraft RAF Sumburgh No. 213 Squadron RAF (Flt) operated...

This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...

1943 to July 1944. The RAF operated 518 Squadron from RAF Tiree in the Scottish Hebrides, 519 Squadron from RAF Wick and RAF Skitten in Caithness, Scotland...

Air Force Station Stornoway, more commonly known as RAF Stornoway is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station and aerodrome near the burgh of Stornoway,...

training had been completed, on 17 November the sappers were transported to RAF Skitten, Killimster in Scotland, with the operation scheduled to commence two...

patrols off the coast of Scotland from Castletown and RAF Skitten until April 1941, when it moved to RAF Drem to prepare for transfer to the Middle East. On...

RAF Coastal Command and No. 13 Group, RAF Fighter Command and known as Royal Air Force Wick (RAF Wick). A satellite airfield existed at RAF Skitten....

RAF Skitten in Caithness. The Squadron was initially to consist of a flight from No. 172 Squadron RAF which were on detachment to RAF Skitten and RAF...

Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. RAF Skitten, the departure point for Operation Freshman, was located at Killimster...

order of battle of RAF Coastal Command throughout the Second World War in the European Theatre of World War II. No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command...

formed at RAF Skitten on 1 April 1943, as part of No. 18 Group of Coastal Command, from crews of No. 105 Squadron RAF and No. 139 Squadron RAF. The unit...

co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2018. "Detail page | Research | Collections | RAF Museum". rafmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2018. "Canadian Historical...

Scotland (grid reference ND32345655). The RAF Skitten base was built on the remains of Skitten Broch. Skitten broch was destroyed in the 1940s during the...

were deployed to RAF Elgin from RAF Skitten. The Hurricanes carried out air defence duties until April 1941, when they moved to RAF Montrose without having...

Royal Air Force Limavady, or more simply RAF Limavady, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station, also known as Aghanloo airfield, near the city of...

Orkney HMS Wagtail, Heathfield, Ayr, South Ayrshire RAF Benbecula RAF Kirknewton RAF Lossiemouth RAF Tain Previously within the British Army, the Scottish...

the naming tradition of the Royal Air Force, whereby the prefix RCAF (vs. RAF) was affixed. High River Vancouver Winnipeg Dartmouth Camp Borden Ottawa...

No. 612 Squadron RAF was originally formed in 1937 as an Army Co-operation unit, and flew during the Second World War in the General Reconnaissance role...

aircraft from RAF St Eval only found four small minesweepers. In February 1942, the squadron moved briefly to RAF Skitten and then RAF Leuchars in Scotland...

the Fw 190s. In July, No. 489 Squadron returned to Scotland, based at RAF Skitten, where its primary task was patrolling the Norwegian coast and attacking...

No. 607 Squadron was formed on 17 March 1930 at the then new airfield of RAF Usworth, County Durham as a day bomber unit of the Auxiliary Air Force (AuxAF)...

RAF Bomber Command. When all the meteorological flights were put under RAF Coastal Command it became No. 1401 (Met) Flight. On 1 August 1942 at RAF Bircham...

Squadron RAF was a meteorological squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. No. 519 Squadron was formed on 15 August 1943 at RAF Wick from...

Caithness before it was destroyed to make way for the new airport of RAF Skitten. He found a saddle quern, grain rubbers, dishes, knocking stones, pivot...

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...