RAF Skitten
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Killimster, Caithness | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
| In use | 1940-1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 85 ft / 26 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°29′45″N 003°09′50″W / 58.49583°N 3.16389°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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RAF Skitten is a former Royal Air Force station directly east of the village of Killimster, located 5.1 miles (8.2 km) north east of Watten, Caithness, Scotland and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) northwest of Wick, Caithness, Scotland. On 19 November 1942, Operation Freshman departed from RAF Skitten.[1]
History[]
- No. 48 Squadron RAF.[2]
- No. 86 Squadron RAF.[3]
- No. 144 Squadron RAF.[4]
- No. 172 Squadron RAF.[5]
- No. 179 Squadron RAF.[5]
- No. 217 Squadron RAF.[6]
- No. 232 Squadron RAF.[7]
- No. 260 Squadron RAF.[8]
- No. 404 Squadron RAF.[9]
- No. 407 Squadron RAF.[9]
- No. 489 Squadron RAF.[10]
- No. 519 Squadron RAF.[11]
- No. 607 Squadron RAF.[12]
- No. 608 Squadron RAF.[12]
- No. 612 Squadron RAF.[13]
- No. 618 Squadron RAF.[14]
- 804 Naval Air Squadron.[15]
- .[15]
Current use[]
The site is now used for quarrying and as farmland.[15]
See also[]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Otway, p.72
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 41.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 51.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 61.
- ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 65.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 71.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 74.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 80.
- ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 89.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 94.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 95.
- ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 99.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 100.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 101.
- ^ a b c "Skitten". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
Bibliography[]
- Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
- Otway, Lieutenant-Colonel T.B.H. (1990). The Second World War 1939–1945 Army - Airborne Forces. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 0-901627-57-7.
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Categories:
- Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force stations in Scotland
- Caithness
- Defunct airports in Scotland
- Military airbases established in 1940