Royal Naval Air Station Hatston (RNAS Hatston, also called HMS Sparrowhawk), was a military airfield located one mile to the north west of Kirkwall, on...

1939 from part of 769 NAS Sea Gladiators which had been detached to RNAS Hatston. The squadron was merged into 800 NAS in June 1944 and subsequently reformed...

Scapa Flow. In July 1942, 771 Naval Air Squadron relocated to RNAS Twatt, from RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), which was also located on Orkney. It brought...

April 1942, and arrived at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, on 15 April. The squadron moved to RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Orkney, Scotland...

800 and 803 NAS led by Lieutenant Commander William Lucy, flying from RNAS Hatston in the Orkney Islands made a 330 mile night flight to arrive at the very...

Naval Air Station Grimsetter (RNAS Grimsetter). On 15 August, it was commissioned as HMS Robin, as a satellite to RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), located...

700 Naval Air Squadron was originally formed on 21 January 1940 at RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk) in Orkney in a plan to centralise the operations of...

over Bergen. But at 16:00 a Martin Maryland managed to take off from RNAS Hatston and made it to Bergen where it could see the harbour was empty. On receiving...

Station Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney, 1939 - 1948 HMS Tern, Twatt Orkney RNAS Twatt HMS Urley, Second World War flying station on the Isle of Man, RNAS Ronaldsway...

boat over the North Sea. On April 10, 1940, 16 Skuas operating from RNAS Hatston in Orkney under Commander William Lucy sank the German cruiser Königsberg...

Malta Convoys. Having landed her torpedo bombers and dive bombers at RNAS Hatston in Orkney, Wasp loaded 52 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V fighters (fitted...

31st Naval TBR Wing - it was proposed to form during October 1943 at RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk). It was to consist 832 and 845 Naval Air Squadrons...

Naval Air Squadron and nine of 803 Naval Air Squadron), launched from RNAS Hatston, Orkney. Königsberg's thin deck armor rendered her quite vulnerable to...

the "Martlet" in British service, and on 21 February 1943 flew from RNAS Hatston to embark aboard the escort carrier Biter to serve on convoy escort duty...

April, the Fleet Air Arm made a long-range attack from their base at RNAS Hatston (also called HMS Sparrowhawk) in the Orkney Islands against German warships...

Section Ford and in January 1945, deployed 'A' flight to HMS Sparrowhawk, RNAS Hatston to provide ADDL, carrier deck landing training. 746 Naval Air Squadron...

carrier was assigned to Arctic convoy operations and the squadron used RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Orkney, as a shore base. In September 1942 HMS Avenger...

during 1937. In 1944-45 it operated as a communications squadron from RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk). Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 34. "Fleet Air Arm"...

Bergen and its vicinity. Two RAF squadrons of Blackburn Skuas flew from RNAS Hatston on Orkney the following day, successfully sinking the German cruiser...

Scotland which, like Kaafjord, was surrounded by steep hills. Flying from RNAS Hatston in the Orkney Islands, aircrew practiced manoeuvring around this terrain...

sunk by British Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua dive bombers, flying from RNAS Hatston in Orkney. April 12 The Faroe Islands are occupied by British troops...

14 April 1940, Blackburn Skua aircraft of 800 and 803 squadrons from RNAS Hatston in Orkney attacked German targets in Bergen. Lieutenant William Lucy...

(Kirkwall), and both Scottish Airways and Allied Airways were allowed to use RNAS Hatston, but it appears that at this stage they didn't. In late 1941 one of Allied's...

a few days. The remainder of 846 NAS operated from HMS Trumpeter or RNAS Hatston in Orkney up to May 1945. On 4 May 1945, twelve Avenger and four Wildcat...

is credited with building the first tarmac runway built in the UK, at RNAS Hatston, Orkney. His airline was absorbed into the wartime Scottish Airways,...

and half of the squadron (5 aircraft) lost. The remainder flew from RNAS Hatston with 821 Squadron on 21 June 1940 to attack Scharnhorst, with little...

Bergen by British Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua dive bombers flying from RNAS Hatston in Orkney. 30 April – French destroyer Maillé Brézé was sunk by accidental...

British Airways Ltd (BAL). Returned to BAL then Scottish Airways. Crashed RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall 14 April 1940 Dragon II G-ACNH 4 July 1935 January 1937 Cancelled...

Southampton?) RNAS Eglinton RNAS Evanton RNAS Fearn RNAY Fleetlands RNAS Ford HMS Siskin (Gosport) HMS Falcon (Hal Far) RNAS Hatston RNAS Henstridge RNAS Heston...

with Ark Royal, before receiving a posting to No. 821 Squadron based at RNAS Hatston. On 21 June, he led six Swordfish biplanes in carrying out the first-ever...