RAF Brackla

RAF Brackla
Cawdor, Highland in Scotland
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Coordinates	57°32′31″N 3°54′36″W
Type	Satellite station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Flying Training Command
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941-1947 (1947)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II

Royal Air Force Brackla or more simply RAF Brackla is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Scotland.

History

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• Relief landing ground of No. 2 Air Gunners School RAF (1944-45)^[2]
• Satellite of No. 2 Central Flying School RAF (November 1941 - January 1942)^[3]
• Relief Landing Ground of No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (June - September 1944)^[4]
• Satellite of No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF (January 1942 - April 1944)^[5]
• Relief Landing Ground of No. 19 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (October 1942 - June 1943 & December 1943 - February 1944)^[4]
• Satellite of No. 45 Maintenance Unit RAF (February 1944 - September 1947)^[6]
• Air Crew Allocation Centre

Current use

The site is now used as farmland.^[1]

References

Citations

1. "Brackla". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
2. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 57.
3. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 88.
4. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 43.
5. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 237.
6. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 207.

Bibliography

• Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.