RAF Greenock was a Royal Air Force station in Greenock, Scotland from 1940 to 1945.[1][2][3]
RAF Greenock | |
|---|---|
| Greenock, Inverclyde in Scotland | |
  RAF Greenock Shown within Inverclyde  RAF Greenock RAF Greenock (the United Kingdom) | |
| Coordinates | 55°56′59″N 4°45′12″W / 55.94972°N 4.75333°W |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Air Ministry |
| Operator | Royal Air Force |
| Controlled by | RAF Coastal Command |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1940 |
| In use | 1940-1945 |
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II |
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]
- No. 2 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (September 1942 - 1945)[5]
- No. 97 Maintenance Unit RAF (August - October 1945)[6]
- No. 213 Maintenance Unit RAF (October 1945 - November 1947)[7]
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
editCitations
edit- ^ "Greenock, Flying Boat Maintenance Base | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ "Secret Scotland - RAF Greenock". www.secretscotland.org.uk.
- ^ "Stations-G". www.rafweb.org.
- ^ a b c "Greenock". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 148.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 209.
- ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 214.
- ^ "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) - ^ "RAF club in member drive". Greenock Telegraph.
Bibliography
edit- Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.