RAF Kinloss

E370448
Royal Air Force station military air base

RAF Kinloss was a Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland, best known as a major base for maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft operations during the Cold War and beyond.

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Label Occurrences
RAF Kinloss canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
military air base ⓘ
aircraftStationed Avro Shackleton ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod ⓘ
surface form: BAe Nimrod MR2

Consolidated B-24 Liberator ⓘ
surface form: Consolidated Liberator

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod ⓘ
surface form: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR1

Lockheed Hudson ⓘ
Nimrod R1 ⓘ
Vickers Wellington ⓘ
builtFor Royal Air Force ⓘ
constructionStarted 1938 ⓘ
coordinates 57.649°N 3.560°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentGarrisonUnit 39 Engineer Regiment (Air Support) ⓘ
currentName Kinloss Barracks ⓘ
currentOperator British Army ⓘ
garrison Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Engineers ⓘ
homeSquadron No. 120 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 201 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 206 Squadron RAF ⓘ
homeUnit No. 325 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF ⓘ
IATACode FSS ⓘ
ICAOCode EGQK ⓘ
locatedIn Kinloss, Moray ⓘ
location Moray ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
notableEvent base for UK maritime patrol following closure of RAF St Eval and RAF St Mawgan’s long-range roles ⓘ
notableRole North Atlantic maritime surveillance ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare operations ⓘ
maritime patrol operations ⓘ
opened 1939 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf RAF Coastal Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Coastal Command (historically)

RAF Strike Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Strike Command (historically)
primaryMission maritime reconnaissance ⓘ
search and rescue coordination ⓘ
training (early Second World War) ⓘ
RAFOperationsCeased 2012 ⓘ
region Highlands and Islands ⓘ
surface form: Highlands and Islands of Scotland
roleAfterRAFClosure British Army barracks ⓘ
runwayCount 1 ⓘ
runwayDesignation 08/26 ⓘ
runwayLength 2744 m ⓘ
runwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
searchAndRescueRole coordinated RAF Mountain Rescue Service operations in Scotland ⓘ
transferToArmy 2012 ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

post–Cold War period ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nimrod MR2 → typicalBase → RAF Kinloss ⓘ
No. 8 Squadron RAF → previousGarrison → RAF Kinloss ⓘ
No. 120 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Kinloss ⓘ
No. 201 Squadron RAF → historicalBase → RAF Kinloss ⓘ
MR2 → basedAt → RAF Kinloss ⓘ
subject surface form: Nimrod MR2
No. 18 Group RAF → notableStation → RAF Kinloss ⓘ