RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)

RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)
Fearn, Scottish Highlands in Scotland
RNAS Fearn
Shown within the Scottish Highlands
RNAS Fearn
RNAS Fearn (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates 57°45′28″N 003°56′54″W / 57.75778°N 3.94833°W / 57.75778; -3.94833Coordinates: 57°45′28″N 003°56′54″W / 57.75778°N 3.94833°W / 57.75778; -3.94833
Type Royal Naval Air Station
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm
Site history
Built 1941 (1941)
In use 1941-1957 (1957)
Airfield information
Elevation 8 metres (26 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
05/23  Concrete
11/29  Concrete
18/36  Concrete

Royal Naval Air Station Fearn or RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) is a former Fleet Air Arm base located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) southeast of Tain, Scottish Highlands and 21.9 miles (35.2 km) northeast of Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland.

Units

A number of units were here at some point:

Current use

The site is currently used as farmland.[1] On the south-east edge, a new, separate, aerodrome has been created by the name of "Eastern Airfield".[26] The control tower is now a private residence owned by couple Justin Hooper and Charlotte Seddon. It was in a 2015 episode of Channel 4's The Restoration Man.[27]

See also

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Fearn (Clay of Allan)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 31.
  3. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 36.
  4. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 38.
  5. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 40.
  6. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 58.
  7. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 68.
  8. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 168.
  9. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 175.
  10. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 182.
  11. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 187.
  12. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 189.
  13. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 192.
  14. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 194.
  15. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 205.
  16. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 207.
  17. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 209.
  18. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 213.
  19. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 219.
  20. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 223.
  21. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 231.
  22. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 252.
  23. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 254.
  24. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 273.
  25. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 294.
  26. ↑ http://www.easterairfield.co.uk/3.html
  27. ↑ "HMS Owl Restoration Case Study". British Standard. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

Bibliography

  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
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