RAF Castle Kennedy

RAF Castle Kennedy
Castle Kennedy, Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland
Site information
Type	Satellite station
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Flying Training Command
Location
RAF Castle Kennedy Shown within Dumfries and Galloway Show map of Dumfries and Galloway RAF Castle Kennedy RAF Castle Kennedy (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°53′52″N4°56′06″W / 54.89778°N 4.93500°W / 54.89778; -4.93500
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)/41
In use	July 1941 - 15 November 1957 (1957)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete

Royal Air Force Castle Kennedy, or more simply RAF Castle Kennedy, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Castle Kennedy, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

The following units were here at some point: ^[1]

• No. 2 Squadron RAF
• No. 2 Torpedo Training Unit RAF (December 1942 - September 1943) ^[2]
• No. 3 Air Gunners School RAF (April - December 1942 & November 1943 - June 1945 ^[3]
• No. 10 Air Gunners School RAF (July - December 1941) ^[3]
• Detachment of No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF (November - December 1944) ^[4]
• No. 104 Storage Sub Unit of No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF (July 1945 - September 1947) ^[5]
• No. 2799 Squadron RAF Regiment
• Central Gunnery School RAF (June - December 1941) ^[6]

References

Citations

1. "Castle Kennedy (Lochinch) (Stranraer)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 13 September 2022.
2. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 293.
3. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 57.
4. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 155.
5. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 207.
6. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 88.

Bibliography

• Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN   0-85130-252-1.