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mike currill
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Blackburn built Sunderlands at their Dunoon site. The RAF operated a flying boat base at Gourock. Fighters were based at Turnhouse (Edinburgh) and also I think from Abbotsinch (Glasgow) as well as Prestwick, Drem Fern, Tain (and another airfield in the same area which I have forgotten the name of) and East Fortune. Aviation historians who frequent these pages are probably able to list many more that I have missed because I have either forgotten the names or don’t even know they existed. In light of this it is obvious that Scotland has a rich aviation heritage which deserves greater acknowledgement. Please forgive me for stating what is probably well known to members here but I included the current names for Turnhouse and Abbotsinch for the benefit of younger members who may never have heard of them.