Royal Air Force Skeabrae or more simply RAF Skeabrae is a former
Royal Air Force
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station
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
* Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production
* Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle
** Cattle statio ...
located in
Orkney
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,
Mainland
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,
United Kingdom
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History
The following units were here at some point:
;Squadrons
;Units
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Advanced Ship Recognition Flight RAF (January - February 1943) became
No. 1476 (Advanced Ship Recognition) Flight RAF (February - June 1943 & June - January 1944)
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No. 1491 (Fighter Gunnery) Flight RAF (November 1942 - August 1943)
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1841 Naval Air Squadron
1841 Naval Air Squadron (1841 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm
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No. 2714 Squadron RAF Regiment
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No. 2745 Squadron RAF Regiment
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No. 2766 Squadron RAF Regiment
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No. 2824 Squadron RAF Regiment
;Royal Navy
Current use
The site is currently open land.
See also
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List of former Royal Air Force stations
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force.
The stations are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the du ...
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Royal Air Force stations in Scotland
Buildings and structures in Orkney
Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
Military airbases established in 1940
Mainland, Orkney