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RAF Catfirth

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Type
  
Flying Boat base

In use
  
1917-1919 (1919)

Owner
  
Air Ministry

Controlled by
  
No. 28 Group RAF

Year built
  
1917

RAF Catfirth

Operator
  
Royal Naval Air Service/Royal Air Force

RAF Catfirth is a First World War Royal Naval Air Service and later Royal Air Force seaplane base located on the island of Mainland in the Shetland Islands.

The base was opened in November 1917, and was transferred to the Royal Air Force when it was formed on 1 April 1918, the base was closed on 15 April 1919 and returned to open land.

Units

  • 300 (Flying Boat) Flight RAF was formed at Catfirth on 18 June 1918 operating the Felixstowe F.3 flying boat, it was disbanded around March 1919.

    • It was intended that 301 to 305 Flights would also be formed at Catfirth with the Felixstowe F.3 but the plan was abandoned in September 1918.

    References

    RAF Catfirth Wikipedia
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