RAF Holyhead

RAF Holyhead
Near Holyhead, Anglesey in Wales
Site information
Type	Royal Air Force station
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location
RAF Holyhead Shown within Anglesey Show map of Anglesey RAF Holyhead RAF Holyhead (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°19′04″N004°38′49″W / 53.31778°N 4.64694°W / 53.31778; -4.64694
Site history
Built	1939 (1939)
In use	1939-1986 (1986)
Battles/wars	Second World War Cold War

Royal Air Force Holyhead or more simply RAF Holyhead is a former Royal Air Force station situated at Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales. The former headquarters building was Porth-y-felin House, a Grade II listed building that was sold by the Ministry of Defence in the 1990s.

Units

A Vosper Thornycroft 68ft Rescue & Target Towing Launch which was a type used by the 1113 MCU at Holyhead

No. 52 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit was formed at Holyhead on 28 March 1942 and was based until disbanded in May 1942. ^[1]

No. 1113 Marine Craft Unit RAF which was formed at Holyhead on 1 July 1954 and was based until it was disbanded on 1 April 1986. ^[2]

See also

• Anglesey Airport
• RAF Valley
• RAF Mona

References

1. Sturtivant 2007, p. 54.
2. Sturtivant 2007, p. 187.

Sources

• Sturtivant, Ray (2007). RAF Flying Training and Support Units since 1912. Air-Britain. ISBN   978-0-85130-365-9.