{{Short description|Former Royal Air Force station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use British English|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox military installation | name = RAF Fraserburgh<BR>RAF Inverallochy | ensign = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg | ensign_size = 90px | native_name = | partof = <!-- for elements within a larger site --> | location = Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire | nearest_town = <!-- used in military test site infobox --> | country = Scotland | image = | alt = | caption = | image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields --> | alt2 = | caption2 = | type = Royal Air Force Satellite Station | coordinates = {{Coord|57|40|05|N|1|56|04|W|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Scotland Aberdeenshire#UK | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Aberdeenshire | pushpin_label = RAF Fraserburgh | pushpin_label_position = | ownership = Air Ministry | operator = Royal Air Force | controlledby = RAF Fighter Command<BR>* No. 13 Group RAF<BR>1941-42<BR>RAF Coastal Command<BR>* No. 18 Group RAF<BR>1942-43 & 1944-45<BR>RAF Flying Training Command<BR>* No. 21 Group RAF<BR>1943-44 | open_to_public = <!-- for out of use sites/sites with museums etc --> | site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities – radar types etc --> | site_area = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc --> | code = <!--facility/installation code --> | built = {{Start date|1940}}/41 | used = December 1941 – June 1945{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=96}} | builder = | materials = | height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level --> | length = <!-- for border fences or other DMZs --> | fate = <!--changed from demolished parameter--> | condition = | battles = European theatre of World War II | events = | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = <!-- such as the 25th Bombardment Group --> | occupants = <!-- squadrons only --> | designations = | website = | footnotes = <!-- catchall in case it's needed to preserve something in infobox that doesn't work in new code --> <!-- begin airfield information --> | IATA = | ICAO = | GPS = | WMO = | elevation = {{Convert|16|m|0}}{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=96}} | r1-number = 00/00 | r1-length = <!-- {{Convert||m|0}} --> | r1-surface = Tarmac | r2-number = 00/00 | r2-length = <!-- {{Convert||m|0}} --> | r2-surface = Tarmac | r3-number = 00/00 | r3-length = <!-- {{Convert||m|0}} --> | r3-surface = Tarmac | h1-number = | h1-length = <!-- {{Convert| |m|0}} --> | h1-surface = | airfield_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | airfield_other = <!-- for other sorts of airfield facilities --> <!-- end airfield information --> }} '''Royal Air Force Fraserburgh''', or more simply '''RAF Fraserburgh''', is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, {{Convert|3.2|mi}} south east of Fraserburgh and {{Convert|12.3|mi}} north west of Peterhead.
==History==
The following units were based at Fraserburgh at some point:
* No. 8 Operational Training Unit RAF (May 1942 – February 1943){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=}} * Relief Landing Ground of No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (May 1943 – September 1944){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=43}} * No. 279 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=83}} * No. 281 Squadron RAF<ref name="ABCT">{{cite web|url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/fraserburgh-inverallochy |title=Fraserburgh (Inverallochy) |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|accessdate=13 September 2022}}</ref> * 823 Naval Air Squadron<ref name="ABCT"/> * 838 Naval Air Squadron<ref name="ABCT"/> * 883 Naval Air Squadron<ref name="ABCT"/> * No. 2792 Squadron RAF Regiment<ref name="ABCT"/> * No. 2807 Squadron RAF Regiment<ref name="ABCT"/> * No. 2848 Squadron RAF Regiment<ref name="ABCT"/>
Cairnbulg Castle was used as the Officers' Mess. The domestic sites were situated either side of the B9033 road, between the Castle and the airfield, and known as Inverallochy RAF Camp and Tershinty RAF Camp.
==Current use== The north and north western sides have been taken over by housing, and the rest of the site is used for farming.<ref name="ABCT"/>
==See also== * List of former Royal Air Force stations
==References==
===Citations=== {{Reflist}}
===Bibliography=== *{{cite book |last1=Falconer|first1=J|title=RAF Airfields of World War 2 |year=2012 |publisher= Ian Allan Publishing|location= UK|isbn=978-1-85780-349-5}} *{{cite book |last1=Jefford |first1= C.G. |title= RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 |year=1988 |publisher= Airlife |location= Shrewsbury |isbn= 1-85310-053-6 }} *{{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=R|last2=Hamlin|first2=J|last3=Halley|first3=J|title=Royal Air Force flying training and support units |year=1997 |publisher= Air-Britain (Historians)|location= UK|isbn=0-85130-252-1}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fraserburgh}} Category:Royal Air Force stations in Scotland Category:Defunct airports in Scotland Category:Buildings and structures in Aberdeenshire Category:Military airbases established in 1941 Category:Buildings and structures in Fraserburgh Category:1940 establishments in Scotland Category:1945 disestablishments in Scotland Category:Military airbases closed in 1945