RAF Wig Bay

RAF Wig Bay
Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland
RAF Wig Bay Shown within Dumfries and Galloway RAF Wig Bay RAF Wig Bay (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	54°58′06″N 5°04′10″W
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Coastal Command
Site history
Built	1914 (1914)
In use	1914-1957 (1957)
Battles/wars	First World War European theatre of World War II Cold War

Royal Air Force Wig Bay, or more simply RAF Wig Bay, is a former Royal Air Force station near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

The following squadrons were here at some point:

• No. 209 Squadron RAF
• No. 210 Squadron RAF
• No. 228 Squadron RAF
• No. 240 Squadron RAF
• No. 413 Squadron RCAF
• No. 490 Squadron RNZAF
• Flying Boat Training Squadron RAF
• Seaplane Training Squadron RAF

Units

• Detachment of No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (February 1942 - ?)
• No. 11 Flying Boat Fitting Unit (July - October 1943)
• No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF (October 1943 - October 1951)
• Flying Boat Servicing Unit (March - September 1942) became No. 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (September 1942 - February 1944)

References

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.