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RNAS Dunino (HMSJackdaw II)

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Coordinates:56°17′23″N002°42′22″W / 56.28972°N 2.70611°W /56.28972; -2.70611

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Former Royal Naval Air Station in Fife, Scotland

RNAS Dunino
HMSJackdaw II
~~RAF Dunino~~

NearDunino,Fife in Scotland

Site information

Type

Royal Naval Air Station

Owner

Air Ministry

Operator

Royal Air Force
1941 - 1942
Royal Navy
1942 - 1946

Location

RAF Dunino

Shown within Fife

Coordinates

56°17′23″N002°42′22″W / 56.28972°N 2.70611°W /56.28972; -2.70611

Site history

Built

1940 (1940)

In use

1941-1946 (1946)

Airfield information

Elevation

75 metres (246 ft)AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete

Royal Naval Air Station Dunino or more simplyRNAS Dunino (HMSJackdaw II) is a formerFleet Air Arm base located 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west ofKingsbarns,Fife,Scotland and 4.6 miles (7.4 km) south east ofSt Andrews, Fife.

History

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The base started life asRAF Dunino.No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron used it from 8 May 1941, equipped with theWestland Lysander IIIA and then, from 1942, theNorth American Mustang I. The squadron had detachments atRAF Gatwick,RAF Longman andRAF Findo Gask and left on 26 November 1942, going to RAF Findo Gask.^[1] The airfield was then transferred to theRoyal Navy and renamedRNAS Dunino (HMS Jackdaw II). The first naval squadron was825 Naval Air Squadron, which operated theFairey Swordfish from Dunino between February and March 1943.

Between April 1943 and August 1943, the base was used by827 Naval Air Squadron equipped withFairey Barracudas, and then, between February 1943 and September 1943, by737 Naval Air Squadron flyingSupermarine Walrus amphibians. Between December 1943 and January 1944, the base was home to813 Naval Air Squadron flying Swordfish torpedo bombers.

Remains

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The derelictcontrol tower remains, but everything else appears to have been either demolished or removed.

References

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Citations

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^Jefford 1988, p. 85.

Bibliography

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Jefford, C G (1988).RAF Squadrons: A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912.Shrewsbury: Airlife.ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

Royal Naval Air Stations

Current

RNAS Culdrose (HMSSeahawk) (1947–)
Predannack Airfield (1959–)
RNAS Merryfield (1956–1958, 1960–1961, 1972–)
RNAS Yeovilton (HMSHeron) (1940–)

Former UK

A	Abbotsinch (1943–1963) Angle (HMSGoldcrest) (1943) Anthorn (HMSNuthatch) (1944–1958) Arbroath (HMSCondor) (1940–1971) Ayr (HMSWagtail) (1944–1946)
B	Ballyhalbert (HMSCorncrake) (1945) Ballykelly (HMSSealion) (1945–1971) Bramcote (1946–1958) Brawdy (HMSGoldcrest) (1946–1971) Bungay (HMSEuropa III) (1945–1946) Burscough (HMSRingtail) (1943–1946) Bush Barn (1944)
C	Campbeltown (HMSLandrail II) (1940–1945) Charlton Horethorne (HMSHeron II) (1943–1945) Cowdray Park (1941–1945) Crail (HMSJackdaw) (1940–1947) Culham (HMSHornbill) (1944–1953)
D	Dale (HMSGoldcrest) (1943–1948) Donibristle (HMSMerlin) (1939–1959) Dounreay (HMSTern II) (1944–1954) Drem (HMSNighthawk) (1945–1946) Dundee (HMSCondor II) (1941–1944) Dunino (HMSJackdaw II) (1942–1946)
E	East Haven (HMSPeewit) (1943–1946) Eastleigh (HMSRaven) (1939–1946) Eglinton (HMSGannet & HMSSea Eagle) (1943–1963) Evanton (1944–1948)
F–G	Fearn (HMSOwl) (1942–1946) Ford (HMSPeregrine) (1939–1940, 1945–1948, 1950–1958) Gosport (HMSSiskin) (1945–1956) Grimsetter (HMSRobin) (1943–1945)
H	Haldon (HMSHeron II) (1941–1943) Halesworth (HMSSparrowhawk) (1945–1946) Hatston (HMSSparrowhawk) (1939–1945) Henstridge (HMSDipper) (1943–1946, 1959–1954) Hinstock (HMSGodwit) (1942–1947)
I–K	Inskip (HMSNightjar) (1943–1946) Kirkistown (HMSCorncrake II) (1945–1946)
L	Lawrenny Ferry (HMSDaedalus II) (1942–1943) Lee-on-Solent (HMSDaedalus & HMSAriel) (1939–1996) Limavady (1945–19??) Lossiemouth (HMSFulmar) (1945–1972) Ludham (HMSFlycatcher) (1944–1945) Lympne (HMSBuzzard & HMSDaedalus II) (1939–1940)
M	Machrihanish (HMSLandrail) (1941–1946, 1951–1952) Macmerry (1945–1946) Maydown (HMSShrike & HMSGannet II) (1943–1945) Middle Wallop (HMSFlycatcher) (1945–1946) Milltown (HMSFulmar II) (1946–1972)
N–P	Nutts Corner (HMSPintail) (1945–1946) Peplow (HMSGodwit II) (1945–1949) Portland (HMSOsprey) (1959–1999) Prestwick (HMSGannet) (1971–)
R	Crimond/Rattray/Rattray Head (HMSMerganser) (1944–1946) Roborough (HMSDrake II) (19??–19??) Ronaldsway (HMSUrley) (1944–1946)
S	Sandbanks (HMSDaedalus II) (1940–1943) St Davids (1947–1961) St Merryn (HMSVulture & HMSCurlew) (1940–1952, 1952–1956) Skaebrae (HMSTern II) (19??–19??) Stretton (HMSBlackcap) (1942–1958) Sydenham (1943–1973)
T–Z	Toome (1947–1954) Treligga (HMSVulture II) (1939–1955) Twatt (HMSTern) (1941–1957) Weston Park (HMSGodwit II) (1945) Woodvale (HMSRingtail II) (1945–1946) Worthy Down (HMSKestrel & HMSAriel II) (1939–1950, 1952–1960) Zeals (HMSHummingbird) (1945–1946)

Former overseas

Bermuda

Royal Air Force

Ministry of Defence

Formations
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