RAF Catfirth

RAF Catfirth
Catfirth, Mainland, Shetland
Near Nesting in Scotland
RAF Catfirth
Shown within the Shetland Islands
Coordinates 60°15′57″N 001°11′27″W / 60.26583°N 1.19083°W / 60.26583; -1.19083Coordinates: 60°15′57″N 001°11′27″W / 60.26583°N 1.19083°W / 60.26583; -1.19083
Type Flying Boat base
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Naval Air Service/Royal Air Force
Controlled by No. 28 Group RAF
Site history
Built 1917 (1917)
In use 1917-1919 (1919)

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.[1]

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.[2][3]

Units

A Felixstowe F.3 similar to those operated from Catfirth

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.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Stutivant/Page 1992, p. 448
  2. "Catfirth". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Sturtivant 2007, p. 114
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