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Royal Air Force Skitten or more simply RAF Skitten is a former Royal Air Force satellite station directly east of the village of Killimster, located 5.1 miles (8.2 km) north east of Watten, Caithness, Scotland and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) northwest of Wick, Caithness, Scotland. On 19 November 1942, Operation Freshman departed from RAF Skitten.[2]

RAF Skitten
Killimster, Caithness in Scotland
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Coordinates	58°29′45″N 003°09′50″W
Type	Satellite Station
Code	NS[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1940-41 RAF Coastal Command 1941-45
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	December 1940 - May 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	20 metres (66 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac

History

Squadrons

Units

• No. 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flight (September - December 1943)[17]
• No. 2709 Squadron RAF Regiment[16]
• No. 2716 Squadron RAF Regiment[16]
• No. 4010 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment[16]

Current use

The site is now used for quarrying and as farmland.[16]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• 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.
• Otway, Lieutenant-Colonel T.B.H. (1990). The Second World War 1939–1945 Army - Airborne Forces. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 0-901627-57-7.
• 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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