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Skitten

Major
Also known as: RAF Skitten / Skitten Aerodrome
County: Highland
Current Status: Farmland / Quarrying
Date: October 1940 - 1 December 1945
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / FAA / RCAF / RNZAF

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • John Gunn & Sons Ltd
  • Sinclair Bay Community Council

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 48 Sqn

  • No 86 Sqn

  • No 144 Sqn
  • No 172 Sqn

  • No 179 Sqn

  • No 217 Sqn

  • No 232 Sqn

  • No 260 Sqn

  • No 404 Sqn

  • No 407 Sqn

  • No 489 Sqn

  • No 519 Sqn

  • No 607 Sqn

  • No 608 Sqn
  • No 612 Sqn
  • No 618 Sqn       

  • No 804 Sqn 

  • No 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flight

  • No 2709 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2716 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 4010 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
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Remains of the airfield at Skitten, 18 August 2010.

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Remains of the airfield at Skitten, 18 August 2010.

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Remains of the airfield at Skitten, 18 August 2010.

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Remains of the airfield at Skitten, 18 August 2010.

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Remains of the airfield at Skitten, 15 August 2016.

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Wick

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