Royal Air Force Fraserburgh, or more simply RAF Fraserburgh, is a former

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located in

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, south east of

Fraserburgh Fraserburgh (; sco, The Broch or ; gd, A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the 2011 Census at 13,100. It lies at the far northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, about north of Aberdeen, and north of ...

and north west of

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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

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(May 1943 – September 1944) * No. 279 Squadron RAF * No. 281 Squadron RAF *

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* No. 2792 Squadron RAF Regiment * No. 2807 Squadron RAF Regiment * No. 2848 Squadron RAF Regiment

Cairnbulg Castle Cairnbulg Castle is a z-plan castle situated in Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was described by W. Douglas Simpson as one of the nine castles of the Knuckle, referring to the rocky headland of north-east Aberdeenshire. It stands by the R ...

was used as the Officers' Mess. 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.

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

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