RAF Turnhouse

Edinburgh in Scotland

RAF Turnhouse

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RAF Turnhouse

RAF Turnhouse (the United Kingdom)

Coordinates

55°57′00″N 003°22′21″W / 55.95000°N 3.37250°W

Type

Sector Station

Code

TS^[1]

Site information

Owner

Air Ministry

Operator

Royal Air Force

Controlled by

RAF Fighter Command

Site history

Built

1915 & 1939

In use

1915-1961

Battles/wars

First World War
European theatre of World War II
Cold War

Airfield information

Elevation

30 metres (98 ft)^[1] AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete

Royal Air Force Turnhouse, or more simply RAF Turnhouse, is a former Royal Air Force Sector Station located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is now Edinburgh Airport.

History

The following units were here at some point:^[2]

First World War

No. 26 Reserve Squadron
No. 26 Training Squadron
No. 73 Training Squadron
No. 84 (Canadian) Reserve Squadron
No. 89 (Canadian) Reserve Squadron

Squadrons

Units

No. 4 Aircraft Delivery Flight RAF (January 1942 – July 1943^[3]
No. 6 Gliding School RAF (January 1946 – May 1951)^[4]
Detachment of No. 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF (March – April 1941)^[5]
No. 12 Air Experience Flight RAF
No. 13 Group Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Flight RAF (May – August 1941)^[6]
No. 17 Group Communication Flight RAF (January 1942 – September 1945)^[7]
No. 18 Group Communication Flight RAF (November 1959 – May 1960 & October 1964)^[7]
No. 59 Operational Training Unit RAF (December 1940 – February 1941)^[8]
No. 66 Group Communication Flight RAF (September 1946 – October 1952)^[9]
No. 66 (Scottish Reserve) Group RAF (August 1946 – August 1950) became No. 66 (Scottish) Group RAF (August 1950 – November 1954)^[10]
No. 71 (Signals) Wing Calibration Flight RAF
No. 72 (Signals) Wing Calibration Flight RAF
No. 88 Group Communication Squadron RAF (May – June 1945)^[9]
No. 129 (RAF) Wing RAF (May 1945)^[11]
No. 130 Wing RAF (May – June 1945)^[11]
No. 132 (Norwegian) (Fighter) Wing RAF (May – June 1945)^[12]
No. 661 Volunteer Gliding School RAF (January 1958 – January 1964)^[13]
No. 1353 (Anti-Aircraft Cooperation) Flight RAF (February – June 1946)^[14]
No. 1968 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF
No. 2753 Squadron RAF Regiment^[2]
No. 2770 Squadron RAF Regiment^[2]
No. 3508 Servicing Unit RAF (December 1943 – March 1945)^[15]
Aircraft Flight of Caledonian Sector HQ RAF (October 1951 – November 1957)^[16]
Edinburgh University Air Squadron (January 1941 – December 1945 & October 1946 – January 1969) became East Lowlands University Air Squadron (January 1969 – February 1996)^[17]
Fighter Flight, Shetlands RAF (December 1939)^[18]
Midlothian Sector HQ RAF (1945 – April 1946)^[19]
Detachment of Northern Communication Squadron RAF^[20]
Scottish Sector HQ RAF (November 1949 – May 1950)^[21]
Detachment of S.C.R.584 Training Unit RAF (May 1945)^[21]
No. 24 Group HQ (99 Post) Royal Observer Corps

Current use

The site is now Edinburgh Airport.^[2]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b Falconer 2012, p. 198.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Turnhouse (Edinburgh)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 49.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 163.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 71.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 179.
^ ^a ^b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 182.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 242.
^ ^a ^b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 184.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 175.
^ ^a ^b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 322.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 323.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 169.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 129.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 271.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 86.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 307.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 120.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 226.
^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 228.
^ ^a ^b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 270.

Bibliography

Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.

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