RAF_Greenock

RAF Greenock

RAF Greenock

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RAF Greenock was a Royal Air Force station in Greenock, Scotland from 1940 to 1945.[1][2][3]

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RAF Greenock was created on 10 October 1940 as a maintenance base for RAF flying boats. Seaplanes had previously been used at the site in the 1930s. The base was hit on 7 May 1941 during the Greenock Blitz, when a hangar and storage facility were hit, and several aircraft were destroyed.[4]

The following units were here at some point:[4]

Supermarine Stranraers, Consolidated Catalinas and Short Sunderlands were maintained at the site.[4]

It ceased to be an RAF base in 1945 but continued in civilian use until 1950.[8]

As of 2012, the RAF Club Greenock is still open.[9]

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    "Greenock, Flying Boat Maintenance Base | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
  2. [2]
    "Secret Scotland - RAF Greenock". www.secretscotland.org.uk.
  3. [3]
    "Stations-G". www.rafweb.org.
  4. [4]
    "Greenock". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 148.
  6. [6]
    Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 209.
  7. [7]
    Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 214.
  8. [8]
    "Royal Naval Air Stations of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 Contents Page". 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. [9]
    "RAF club in member drive". Greenock Telegraph.

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.
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