RAF Greenock

RAF Greenock was a Royal Air Force base in Greenock, Scotland from 1940 to 1945.[1][2][3]

RAF Greenock was created on 10 October 1940 as a maintenance base for RAF flying boats. Seaplanes had previously been used at the site in the 1930s. The base was hit on 7 May 1941 during the Greenock Blitz, when a hangar and storage facility were hit, and several aircraft were destroyed.[4]

Supermarine Stranraers, Consolidated Catalinas and Short Sunderlands were maintained at the site.

It ceased to be an RAF base in 1945 but continued in civilian use until 1950.[5]

As of 2012, the RAF Club Greenock is still open.[6]

References
  1. "Greenock, Flying Boat Maintenance Base | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
  2. "Secret Scotland - RAF Greenock". www.secretscotland.org.uk.
  3. "Stations-G". www.rafweb.org.
  4. "Greenock - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK". www.abct.org.uk.
  5. "Royal Naval Air Stations of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 Contents Page". web.archive.org. December 6, 2017.
  6. "RAF club in member drive". Greenock Telegraph.


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