RAF Mona
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RAF Mona RNAS Anglesey | |||||||
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Anglesey in Wales | |||||||
Coordinates | 53°15′31″N 004°22′25″W / 53.25861°N 4.37361°W | ||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station - Relief Landing Ground | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1915 | ||||||
In use | 1915-Present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: EGOQ | ||||||
Elevation | 62 metres (203 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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RAF Mona (ICAO: EGOQ) is a Royal Air Force station near Bodffordd on the island of Anglesey, Wales. It is primarily used as a relief landing ground for RAF Valley. Mona was opened as a Royal Naval Air Service airship base in 1915. During the Second World War, it was used as a training base. Today, Mona is used for circuit practice by BAE Hawks from RAF Valley along with a civilian flying club and 2474 (Cefni) Squadron Air Training Corps.
History
The following units were here at some point:[1]
- No. 3 Air Gunnery School
- No. 4 Flying Training School RAF
- No. 5 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
- No. 7 Flying Training School RAF
- No. 8 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
- No. 202 Advanced Flying School
- No. 255 Squadron RAF
- No. 251 (Special Duty) Flight
- No. 522 (Special Duty) Flight
- No. 577 Squadron RAF
Accidents and Incidents
A Hawk aircraft crashed at RAF Mona in 2006. The pilot ejected safely and made a full recovery.[citation needed]
A Hawk aircraft overshot the runway on 13 September 2013. The aircraft was practising forced landings when it hit a goose while on the runway and ended up in the arresting safety net. Both instructor and pupil were seriously hurt and were airlifted to hospital.[citation needed]
In June 2016 a man was convicted of endangering aircraft by shining a powerful torch at pilots undertaking night-time fast jet training at RAF Mona.[2]
References
- ^ "Mona (Anglesey) (Heneglwys) (Llangefni)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Morris, Steven (30 June 2016). "Man found guilty of endangering RAF aircraft by shining torch". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
Bibliography
- McLelland, Tim (2010). Action Stations Revisited: The Complete History of Britain's Military Airfields. Vol. No. 5: Wales and the Midlands. Manchester, UK: Crecy Pub. ISBN 978-0-85979-111-3.
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External links
- World Aero Data information for EGOQ