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Royal Air Force Fraserburgh, or more simply RAF Fraserburgh, is a former
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station located in
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, south east of
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh (; sco, The Broch or ; gd, A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire (unitary), Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census at 13,100. It lies at the far northeast corner of Aber ...
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Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census. ...
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History

The following units were based at Fraserburgh at some point: * No. 8 Operational Training Unit RAF (May 1942 – February 1943) * Relief Landing Ground of No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (May 1943 – September 1944) *
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* No. 2848 Squadron RAF Regiment Cairnbulg Castle was used as the
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. The domestic sites were situated either side of the B9033 road, between the Castle and the airfield, and known as Inverallochy RAF Camp and Tershinty RAF Camp.


Current use

The north and north western sides have been taken over by housing, and the rest of the site is used for farming.


See also

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fraserburgh Royal Air Force stations in Scotland Defunct airports in Scotland Buildings and structures in Aberdeenshire Airports established in 1940 Buildings and structures in Fraserburgh 1940 establishments in Scotland 1945 disestablishments in Scotland