RAF Skitten

RAF Skitten
RAF Skitten;
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Killimster, Caithness
Built	1940
In use	1940-1945
Elevation AMSL	85 ft / 26 m
Coordinates	58°29′45″N 003°09′50″W / 58.49583°N 3.16389°W
Map
	RAF Skitten Location in Caithness
Runways

RAF Skitten is a former Royal Air Force station directly east of the village of Killimster, located 5.1 miles (8.2 km) north east of Watten, Caithness, Scotland and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) northwest of Wick, Caithness, Scotland. On 19 November 1942, Operation Freshman departed from RAF Skitten.^[1]

History

The site is now used for quarrying and as farmland.^[15]

^ Otway, p.72
^ Jefford 1988, p. 41.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 51.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 61.
^ ^a ^b Jefford 1988, p. 65.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 71.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 74.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 80.
^ ^a ^b Jefford 1988, p. 89.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 94.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 95.
^ ^a ^b Jefford 1988, p. 99.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 100.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 101.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Skitten". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 18 October 2013.

Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
Otway, Lieutenant-Colonel T.B.H (1990). The Second World War 1939–1945 Army - Airborne Forces. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 0-901627-57-7.