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

RAF Greenock
Greenock, Inverclyde in Scotland
RAF Greenock Shown within Inverclyde Show map of Inverclyde RAF Greenock RAF Greenock (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	55°56′59″N 4°45′12″W
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 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

Citations

Bibliography

• 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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