RAF Fraserburgh

RAF Fraserburgh
RAF Inverallochy
Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire
RAF Fraserburgh
RAF Inverallochy
Coordinates 57°40′08″N 1°56′02″W / 57.669°N 1.934°W / 57.669; -1.934
Type Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Controlled by  Royal Air Force
Site history
Built 1940 (1940)
In use 1941-1945 (1945)
Battles/wars Second World War

Royal Air Force Station Fraserburgh, or more simply RAF Fraserburgh, is a former Royal Air Force station located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south east of Fraserburgh and 12.3 miles (19.8 km) north west of Peterhead.

History

The following units were based at Fraserburgh at some point:

Cairnbulg Castle was used as the Officers' Mess. The domestic sites were situated either side of the B9033 road, between the Castle and the airfield, and known as Inverallochy RAF Camp and Tershinty RAF Camp.

Current use

The north and north western sides have been taken over by housing, and the rest of the site is used for farming.[1]

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