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Former Royal Air Force station in Iceland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Royal Air Force Reykjavik or more simply RAF Reykjavik is a former Royal Air Force station, at Reykjavík Airport, Iceland.
RAF Reykjavik | |
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Summary | |
Airport type | Military |
Owner | Icelandic Government |
Operator | Royal Air Force |
Serves | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Location | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Built | 1940 |
In use | 1941-1945 |
Elevation AMSL | 45 ft / 13.7 m |
Coordinates | 64°07′48″N 021°56′26″W |
Map | |
The station was built in 1940 by the British Army and used by the Royal Air Force from March 1941 and throughout the remainder of the Second World War.
Sqn | Aircraft | Joined | Departed | From → To | Notes |
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53 | Consolidated Liberator VI & VIII | 13 September 1944 | 1 June 1945 | RAF St Eval → RAF St Davids | Squadron move and a detachment sent to RAF Ballykelly.[1] |
86 | Consolidated Liberator IIIA & V | 24 March 1944 | 1 July 1944 | RAF Ballykelly → RAF Tain | Squadron moved with a detachment to RAF Tain.[2] |
120 | Consolidated Liberator III & V | 15 April 1943 | 24 March 1944 | RAF Aldergrove → RAF Ballykelly | Originally detachments from RAF Ballykelly and then RAF Aldergrove before Squadron move and detachment to RAF Aldergrove.[3] |
190 | Consolidated PBY Catalina IB | 17 February 1943 | October 1943 | RAF Sullom Voe → DB | On detachment before the Squadron was disbanded and then reformed as No. 210 Sqn.[4] |
204 | Short Sunderland I & II | 5 April 1941 | 15 July 1941 | RAF Sullom Voe → RAF Gibraltar | Squadron move and a detachment to RAF Pembroke Dock.[5] |
209 | Consolidated PBY Catalina I | 26 July 1941 | 10 October 1941 | RAF Lough Erne → RAF Pembroke Dock | Squadron move.[6] |
210 | Short Sunderland I | 13 July 1940 | 28 February 1942 | RAF Oban → RAF Sullom Voe | On detachment only.[7] |
220 | Boeing Fortress II | July 1942 | 14 February 1943 | RAF Ballykelly → RAF Aldergrove | On detachment only.[8] |
221 | Vickers Wellington IC | 2 May 1941 | 25 December 1941 | RAF Limavady → RAF Docking | On detachment initially prior to Squadron move 29 September 1941 (with a detachment at RAF Limavady).[9] |
251 | Lockheed Ventura I | 1 August 1941 | 30 October 1945 | Reformed → Disbanded | After the Ventura the squadron flew: Lockheed Hudson III, Avro Anson I, Boeing Fortress II and Vickers Warwick I.[10] |
269 | Lockheed Hudson III | 6 March 1943 | 8 January 1944 | RAF Kaldadarnes → RAF Davidstow Moor | Squadron move.[11] |
279 | Hawker Hurricane IIC | February 1945 | 3 September 1945 | RAF Thornaby → RAF Beccles | On detachment only.[12] |
280 | Vickers Warwick I | 23 November 1945 | 21 June 1946 | RAF Thornaby → DB | On detachment only prior to Squadron being disbanded.[13] |
330 | Northrop N-3PB NOMAD Catalina III | 28 January 1943 | 12 July 1943 | Formed → RAF Oban | This Squadron was formed at RAF Reykjavik on 25 April 1941 before being moved to RAF Oban leaving behind a detachment until their next move to RAF Sullom Voe. The squadron was disbanded 21 November 1945 and transferred to Norwegian control.[14] |
612 | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V & VII | 1 April 1941 | 18 August 1942 | RAF Wick → RAF Thorney Island | On detachment first then squadron move.[15] |
After the cessation of hostilities of the Second World War the British Government handed the airfield over to the Icelandic Civil Aviation Authority on 6 July 1946. It is now known as Reykjavik Airport.
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