RAF Wig Bay

RAF Wig Bay
Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland
RAF Wig Bay Shown within Dumfries and Galloway Show map of Dumfries and Galloway RAF Wig Bay RAF Wig Bay (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°58′06″N 5°04′10″W / 54.96833°N 5.06944°W / 54.96833; -5.06944
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Coastal Command
Site history
Built	1914 (1914)
In use	1914-1957 (1957)
Battles/wars	First World War European theatre of World War II Cold War

Royal Air Force Wig Bay, or more simply RAF Wig Bay, is a former Royal Air Force station near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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

Units

• Detachment of No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (February 1942 - ?)^[2]
• No. 11 Flying Boat Fitting Unit (July - October 1943)^[3]
• No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF (October 1943 - October 1951)^[4]
• Flying Boat Servicing Unit (March - September 1942) became No. 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (September 1942 - February 1944)^[3]

References

Citations

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.

This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at 13:02