RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern)
RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern) | |||||||||||||
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| Twatt, Orkney in Scotland | |||||||||||||
  RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern) Shown within Orkney | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°05′16″N 3°17′02″W / 59.08778°N 3.28389°W | ||||||||||||
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| Owner | Admiralty | ||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Navy | ||||||||||||
| Controlled by | Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||||||
| In use | 1941-1946 | ||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Second World War | ||||||||||||
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RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern) is a former Royal Navy Air Station located near Twatt, Orkney, Scotland.
Twatt was mainly used as a training airfield. On 30 March 1944 initial plans were to make Twatt the only airfield suitable to aid the disembarkation of squadrons of the Home Fleet. [2]
The following units were here at some point:[3]
- 700 Naval Air Squadron
- 771 Naval Air Squadron
- 802 Naval Air Squadron
- 804 Naval Air Squadron
- 807 Naval Air Squadron
- 809 Naval Air Squadron
- 812 Naval Air Squadron
- 817 Naval Air Squadron
- 818 Naval Air Squadron
- 819 Naval Air Squadron
- 820 Naval Air Squadron
- 821 Naval Air Squadron
- 822 Naval Air Squadron
- 832 Naval Air Squadron
- 846 Naval Air Squadron
- 880 Naval Air Squadron
- 884 Naval Air Squadron
References
- ^ https://www.forgottenairfields.com/airfield-twatt-884.html
- ^ "Forgotten airfields". www.forgottenairfields.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Twatt". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 14 May 2020.