RNAS Rattray

RNAS Rattray
Crimond, Aberdeenshire in Scotland

View of the airfield
RNAS Rattray
Shown within Aberdeenshire
Coordinates 57°36′44″N 001°53′01″W / 57.61222°N 1.88361°W / 57.61222; -1.88361Coordinates: 57°36′44″N 001°53′01″W / 57.61222°N 1.88361°W / 57.61222; -1.88361
Type Royal Naval Air Station
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator Royal Navy
Site history
Built March 1943 (1943)
In use July 1943-present
Airfield information
Elevation 13 metres (43 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Concrete
00/00  Concrete
00/00  Concrete
00/00  Concrete
Commissioned 3 October 1944

RNAS Rattray (aka. "Crimond Airfield", "Crimond Aerodrome" or "Rattray Aerodrome"), was a Royal Naval Air Station near Crimond, Aberdeenshire.

History

The station started to be built from March 1943, with 774 Naval Air Squadron moving in from July 1943 for Telegraphist Air Gunners training but the site was not commissioned until 3 October 1944.

The base then switched to training Torpedo Bombing Reconnaissance crews.

The following units were here at some point:

The base was closed in 1946, being moved into a state of care & maintenance.

Current use

The base was also used as a Royal Naval Wireless Station until 2004 when Ministry of Defence long range radio was outsourced to Merlin Communications, now VT Communications (part of Babcock International) and continues to provide HF and LF services.

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