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Airport type
  
Military

In use
  
1917-1959 (1959)

00/00
  
0

Owner
  
Air Ministry

Location
  
Donibristle, Fife

Elevation AMSL
  
128 ft / 39 m

Year built
  
1916

RNAS Donibristle

Operator
  
Royal Navy Royal Air Force

RNAS Donibristle is a former Fleet Air Arm base located 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east of Rosyth, Fife, Scotland and 8.7 miles (14.0 km) northwest of Edinburgh, Lothian.

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From 1918 to 1939 the station was called RAF Donibristle.

History

The following units were posted here at some point:

  • No. 22 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 36 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 42 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 77 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 100 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 271 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit 'D' Flight.
  • No. 16 GP Practice Flight.
  • No. 18 (Reconnaissance) Group.
  • No. 29 (Fleet) Group.
  • 700 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 701 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 739 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 758 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 767 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 769 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 770 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 771 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 780 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 782 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 784 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 800 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 801 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 802 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 803 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 804 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 805 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 806 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 807 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 808 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 810 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 811 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 812 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 813 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 814 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 816 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 817 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 819 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 820 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 821 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 822 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 823 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 824 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 825 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 827 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 828 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 830 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 860 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 881 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 882 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 884 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 886 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 888 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 890 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 891 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 892 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 893 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 1770 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 1820 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 1830 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 1830A Naval Air Squadron.
  • 1841 Naval Air Squadron.
  • 1842 Naval Air Squadron.
  • Aircraft Repair Depot.
  • Coastal Area Aircraft Depot.
  • Fleet Aircraft Acceptance Depot.
  • Fleet Aircraft Repair Depot.
  • Northern Communications Squadron.
  • Torpedo Training Flight.

    • Current use

    The site is now a combination of Donibristle Industrial Park and Hillend Industrial Park.

    References

    RNAS Donibristle Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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