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Former Royal Naval Air Station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Royal Navy Air Station Rattray
, (
RNAS Rattray
; or
HMS
Merganser
) and also known as
Crimond Airfield
,
Crimond Aerodrome
or
Rattray Aerodrome
was a
Royal Naval
Air Station near
Crimond
,
Aberdeenshire
.
History
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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. It was also used as a Royal Naval Wireless Station until 2004.
Current use
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The site is home to a
high frequency
transmitter station forming part of the
Defence High Frequency Communications Service
. The station is operated by
Babcock International Group
on behalf of the
Ministry of Defence
.
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See also
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References
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Citations
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Bibliography
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- Smith, D J (1983).
Action Stations: Vol 7. Military airfields of Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland
.
Cambridge
: Patrick Stephens Limited.
ISBN
0-85059-563-0
.
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