RAF Greenock
RAF Greenock was a Royal Air Force station in Greenock, Scotland from 1940 to 1945. 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. The following units were here at some point:
* No. 2 Flying Boat Servicing Unit
* No. 97 Maintenance Unit RAF
* No. 213 Maintenance Unit RAF It ceased to be an RAF base in 1945 but continued in civilian use until 1950.
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RAF Greenock
RAF Greenock was a Royal Air Force station in Greenock, Scotland from 1940 to 1945. 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. The following units were here at some point:
* No. 2 Flying Boat Servicing Unit
* No. 97 Maintenance Unit RAF
* No. 213 Maintenance Unit RAF It ceased to be an RAF base in 1945 but continued in civilian use until 1950.
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RAF Greenock was a Royal Air F ...... F Club Greenock is still open.
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RAF Greenock was a Royal Air F ...... ed in civilian use until 1950.
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