RAF Wig Bay

RAF Wig Bay
Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland
RAF Wig Bay Shown within Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates	54°58′06″N 5°04′10″W / 54.96833°N 5.06944°W / 54.96833; -5.06944Coordinates: 54°58′06″N 5°04′10″W / 54.96833°N 5.06944°W / 54.96833; -5.06944
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Coastal Command
Site history
Built	1914 (1914)
In use	1914-1957 (1957)
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War 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 units were here at some point:^[1]

• No. 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit
• No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
• No. 11 Flying Boat Fitting Unit
• No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 209 Squadron RAF
• No. 210 Squadron RAF
• No. 228 Squadron RAF
• No. 240 Squadron RAF
• No. 302 Ferry Training Unit RAF
• No. 413 Squadron RAF
• No. 490 Squadron RAF
• Floatplane Training Flight
• Flying Boat Servicing Unit
• Flying Boat Storage Unit
• Flying Boat Training Squadron RAF
• ‘G’ Flight
• Seaplane Training Squadron RAF

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