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Royal Air Force Alness, or more simply RAF Alness, is a former
Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...
station located southwest of
Alness Alness (, ; ) is a town and civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon to the east, and the village of Evanton to ...
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Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty (), is an area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. In modern usage, it is a registration county and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. Between 1889 and 1975 it was a Shires of Scotland, county. Historical ...
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and north of
Inverness Inverness (; ; from the , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highland ...
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Inverness-shire Inverness-shire () or the County of Inverness, is a Counties of Scotland, historic county in Scotland. It is named after Inverness, its largest settlement, which was also the county town. Covering much of the Scottish Highlands, Highlands and s ...
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History

RAF Alness was previously called RAF Invergordon until 10 February 1943. The following units were based here at some point: * No. 201 Squadron RAF *
No. 209 Squadron RAF Number 209 Squadron of the British Royal Air Force was originally formed from a nucleus of "Naval Eight" on 1 February 1917 at Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France, as No. 9 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS)Rawlings 1978, p. 324. and saw active servi ...
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No. 210 Squadron RAF No. 210 Squadron was a Royal Air Force unit established in the First World War. Disbanded and reformed a number of times in the ensuing years, it operated as a fighter squadron during the First World War and as a maritime patrol squadron duri ...
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No. 228 Squadron RAF No. 228 Squadron RAF was a squadron (aircraft), squadron of the Royal Air Force active at various times between 1918 and 1964. It spent the greatest part of its existence flying over water, doing so in the World War I, First, and World War II, S ...
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No. 240 Squadron RAF No. 240 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force flying boat and seaplane squadron during World War I, World War II and up to 1959. It was then reformed as a strategic missile squadron, serving thus till 1963. History Formation and World War I No. 2 ...
* No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (June 1941 - August 1946) * No. 5 Flying Boat Servicing Unit RAF (November 1942 - 1945) * No. 6 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit RAF * No. 302 Ferry Training Unit RAF (July 1945 - April 1946) * No. 1100 Marine Craft Unit RAF * Detachment of
Coastal Command Flying Instructors School RAF A coast (coastline, shoreline, seashore) is the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape and by aquatic erosion, su ...
(July - October 1945) *
Flying Boat Development Flight RAF The Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE) was a British military research and test organisation. It was originally formed as the Marine Aircraft Experimental Station in October 1918 at RAF Isle of Grain, a former Royal Naval Air Serv ...
(July 1924) *
Seaplane Training Squadron RAF Flying Boat Training Squadron RAF is a former Squadron of the Royal Air Force which was operational between 1931 and 1956 through various names. Structure The Flying Boat Training Squadron was formed on 2 January 1939 at RAF Calshot. It operat ...
(September 1939 - March 1941) absorbed into No. 4 (C)OTU


Current use

The site is now Alness Point Business Park.


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. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alness Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom Royal Air Force stations in Scotland RAF Defunct airports in Scotland Airports established in 1920