RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)
RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) | |||||||||||
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| Fearn, Scottish Highlands in Scotland | |||||||||||
  RNAS Fearn Shown within the Scottish Highlands  RNAS Fearn RNAS Fearn (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°45′28″N 003°56′54″W / 57.75778°N 3.94833°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Naval Air Station | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1941-1957 | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 8 metres (26 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Naval Air Station Fearn or RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) is a former Fleet Air Arm base located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) southeast of Tain, Scottish Highlands and 21.9 miles (35.2 km) northeast of Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. The Tower has now been converted to residential use. See Restoration Man George Clark.
Units
A number of units were here at some point:
- No. 8 Advanced Flying Training School RAF[1]
- 708 Naval Air Squadron[2]
- 714 Naval Air Squadron[3]
- 717 Naval Air Squadron[4]
- 719 Naval Air Squadron[5]
- 736B Flight[6]
- 747 Naval Air Squadron[7]
- 812 Naval Air Squadron[8]
- 814 Naval Air Squadron[9]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron[10]
- 816 Naval Air Squadron[11]
- 817 Naval Air Squadron[12]
- 818 Naval Air Squadron[13]
- 819 Naval Air Squadron[14]
- 821 Naval Air Squadron[15]
- 822 Naval Air Squadron[16]
- 823 Naval Air Squadron[17]
- 824 Naval Air Squadron[18]
- 825 Naval Air Squadron[19]
- 826 Naval Air Squadron[20]
- 828 Naval Air Squadron[21]
- 837 Naval Air Squadron[22]
- 841 Naval Air Squadron[23]
- 847 Naval Air Squadron[24]
- 860 Naval Air Squadron[25]
Current use
The site is currently used as farmland.[1] On the south-east edge, a new, separate, aerodrome has been created by the name of "Easter Airfield".[26] The control tower is now a private residence owned. It was in a 2015 episode of Channel 4's The Restoration Man.[27] A lot of the original buildings on the other side of the camp are derelict and only have trash from fly-tipping, crows and bugs in them.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ a b "Fearn (Clay of Allan)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 31.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 36.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 38.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 40.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 58.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 68.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 168.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 175.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 182.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 187.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 189.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 192.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 194.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 205.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 207.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 209.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 213.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 219.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 223.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 231.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 252.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 254.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 273.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 294.
- ^ http://www.easterairfield.co.uk/3.html
- ^ "HMS Owl Restoration Case Study". British Standard. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
Bibliography
- Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.