Royal Air Force Kinnell or more simply RAF Kinnell is a former
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
satellite station located near to
Friockheim
Friockheim is a village in Angus, Scotland dating from 1814. It lies between the towns of Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Montrose.
History
The name 'Friockheim', literally translated, means 'Heather Home', with Friock being a derivative from t ...
,
Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
, Scotland.
History
The following units were here at some point:
* Satellite of
No. 1 Combat Training Wing RAF (1943-44)
* Satellite of
No. 1 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF (January - July 1944)
* Satellite of
No. 2 Flying Instructors School (Advanced) RAF (September 1944 - July 1945)
* Relief Landing Ground of
No. 9 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Number nine may refer to:
* 9 (number), natural number
* Number Nine, Arkansas, a community in the United States
* Number Nine (novel), a 1951 novel by A.P. Herbert
* ''Number Nine'' (album), by Chris Hülsbeck
* , by Wende (2009)
* Number 9 Aud ...
(September 1944)
* Satellite of
No. 44 Maintenance Unit RAF
The following is a list of Royal Air Force Maintenance Units (MU).
The majority of MUs were previously Equipment Depots (ED), Storage Depots (SD) and Aircraft Storage Units (ASU)s.
No. 1 MU – No. 100 MU
No. 101 MU – No. 200 MU
No ...
(MU) (August 1945 - ?)
* Satellite of
No. 56 Operational Training Unit RAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
(March 1942 - October 1943)
* Satellite of
No. 260 MU RAF (November 1945 - ?)
Current use
The site is now used as farmland.
References
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Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
Royal Air Force stations in Scotland