Royal Air Force Methven, or more simply RAF Methven, was a World War 2
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 ...
Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) located south east of
Methven,
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. It is bordered by Highland (council area), Highland and Aberdeenshire to the north, Angus, Scotland, Angus, Dundee, and F ...
,
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
and west of
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
, Perth and Kinross.
Station history
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No. 652 Squadron RAF was based at the airfield, where the squadron was equipped with the
Taylorcraft Auster
The Taylorcraft Auster was a British military liaison aircraft, liaison and observation aircraft produced by the Auster Aircraft, Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited company during the Second World War.
Design and development
The Auster ...
III, between 28 March 1943 and 2 July 1943 before the squadron moved to
RAF Ayr
Royal Air Force Heathfield, or more commonly RAF Heathfield, sometimes known as RAF Ayr/Heathfield due to its proximity to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was also used by military flights, is a former Royal Air Force station. It opened in Apr ...
.
* SLG for
No. 44 Maintenance Unit RAF for aircraft storage from the main station of
RAF Edzell
Royal Air Force Edzell or more simply RAF Edzell is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Aberdeenshire, one mile east of Edzell in Angus, Scotland.
It was active for over fifty years, first as a RAF airfield during the Second ...
.
(1 July 1941–1945)
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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List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units
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. ...
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List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds
A Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) is a type of British Royal Air Force (RAF) aviation facility that typically consists of an airfield with one or two grass runways which is designed throughout to be hidden from aerial observation by blending int ...
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Royal Air Force stations in Scotland
Military airbases established in 1941
Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
Royal Air Force satellite landing grounds
Military airbases closed in 1945