RAF Mona

RAF Mona
~~RAF Heneglwys~~
RNAS Anglesey
RAF Mona; RAF Heneglwys; RNAS Anglesey
Anglesey in Wales
	EGOQ Shown within Anglesey
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
Runways
04/22	1,579 metres (5,180 ft) Asphalt

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. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

External links

World Aero Data information for EGOQ

[ABCT-1] "Mona (Anglesey) (Heneglwys) (Llangefni)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

[2] Morris, Steven (30 June 2016). "Man found guilty of endangering RAF aircraft by shining torch". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

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