RAF Greenock

Greenock, Inverclyde in Scotland

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Coordinates| 55°56′59″N 4°45′12″W﻿ / ﻿55.94972°N 4.75333°W﻿ / 55.94972; -4.75333
Site information
Owner| Air Ministry
Operator| Royal Air Force
Controlled by| RAF Coastal Command
Site history
Built| 1940 (1940)
In use| 1940-1945 (1945)
Battles/wars| European theatre of World War II

RAF Greenock was a Royal Air Force station 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]

The following units were here at some point:[4]

* No. 2 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (September 1942 - 1945)[5]
* No. 97 Maintenance Unit RAF (August - October 1945)[6]
* No. 213 Maintenance Unit RAF (October 1945 - November 1947)[7]

Supermarine Stranraers, Consolidated Catalinas and Short Sunderlands were maintained at the site.[4]

It ceased to be an RAF base in 1945 but continued in civilian use until 1950.[8]

As of 2012, the RAF Club Greenock is still open.[9]

## References

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### Citations

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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. ^ a b c "Greenock". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
5. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 148.
6. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 209.
7. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 214.
8. ^ "Royal Naval Air Stations of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 Contents Page". 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. ^ "RAF club in member drive". Greenock Telegraph.

### Bibliography

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* Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.

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