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RAF Skitten

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}}RAF Skitten is a former Royal Air Force station directly east of the village of Killimster, located {{Convert|5.1|mi}} north east of Watten, Caithness, Scotland and {{Convert|4.7|mi}} northwest of Wick, Caithness, Scotland. On 19 November 1942, Operation Freshman departed from RAF Skitten.^[1]

History

No. 48 Squadron RAF.^[2]
No. 86 Squadron RAF.^[3]
No. 144 Squadron RAF.^[4]
No. 172 Squadron RAF.^[5]
No. 179 Squadron RAF.^[5]
No. 217 Squadron RAF.^[6]
No. 232 Squadron RAF.^[7]
No. 260 Squadron RAF.^[8]
No. 404 Squadron RAF.^[9]
No. 407 Squadron RAF.^[9]
No. 489 Squadron RAF.^[10]
No. 519 Squadron RAF.^[11]
No. 607 Squadron RAF.^[12]
No. 608 Squadron RAF.^[12]
No. 612 Squadron RAF.^[13]
No. 618 Squadron RAF.^[14]
804 Naval Air Squadron.^[15]
No. 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flight.^[15]

Current use

The site is now used for quarrying and as farmland.^[15]

References

Citations

1. ^Otway, p.72
2. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=41.}}
3. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=51.}}
4. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=61.}}
5. ^¹{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=65.}}
6. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=71.}}
7. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=74.}}
8. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=80.}}
9. ^¹{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=89.}}
10. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=94.}}
11. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=95.}}
12. ^¹{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=99.}}
13. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=100.}}
14. ^{{Harvnb|Jefford|1988|p=101.}}
15. ^¹²{{cite web|url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/skitten |title=Skitten |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|accessdate=18 October 2013}}

Bibliography

{{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Jefford|1988}}|reference=Jefford, C.G, MBE, BA, RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. {{ISBN|1-84037-141-2}}.}}
{{Cite book| last=Otway| first=Lieutenant-Colonel T.B.H| title=The Second World War 1939–1945 Army - Airborne Forces| publisher=Imperial War Museum| location = London| year= 1990| isbn=0-901627-57-7}}

5 : Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom|Royal Air Force stations in Scotland|Caithness|Defunct airports in Scotland|Military airbases established in 1940

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