Mount Batten (Cattewater)
| Also known as: | RAF Cattewater / RAF Mount Batten / RAF Station, Mount Batten / RNAS Cattewater |
| County: | Plymouth |
| Current Status: | Industry |
| Date: | February 1917 - 1992 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RNAS |
| Landing Surface Types: | Water |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Mount Batten Centre
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 Marine Craft Training and Support Unit
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No 2 AACU ‘C’ Flight
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No 2 (Plymouth) Wing
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No 4 (Flying Boat) Wing
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No 10 Sqn RAAF
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No 15 Gp Comm Flight
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No 19 (General Reconnaissance) Group
- No 43 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit
- 72nd (Operations) Wing
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No 84 MU
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No 203 Sqn
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No 204 Sqn
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No 209 Sqn
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No 237 Sqn
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No 238 MU
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No 238 Sqn
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No 347 (Flying Boat) Flight
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No 348 (Flying Boat) Flight
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No 349 (Flying Boat) Flight
- No 406 (Fleet Fighter) Flight
- No 407 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight
- No 408 (Fleet Fighter) Flight
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No 420 (Seaplane) Flight
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No 421 (Seaplane) Flight
- No 443 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight
- No 444 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight
- No 445 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight
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No 461 Sqn
- No 482 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flight
- No 701 (Catapult) Flight
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No 702 Sqn
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No 710 Sqn
- No 712 (Catapult) Flight
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No 712 Sqn
- No 716 (Catapult) Flight
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No 716 Sqn
- No 720 (Catapult) Flight
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No 720 Sqn
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No 771 Sqn
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No 934 (Balloon) Sqn
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Flying Boat Development Flight
- Marine Craft Training School
- RAF School of Combat Survival and Rescue
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Southern Maritime Air Region
- Station Flight, Mount Batten
Hangars at Mount Batten, 25 August 2008.
A hangar at Mount Batten, 24 October 2015.
Hangars at Mount Batten, 2 June 2017.
Hangars at Mount Batten, 2 June 2017.
Plan of Cattewater, 1918. Courtesy of Ed Andrews