Not again!

Well, since RAF Alness was home to 4 (C) OTU’s flying boats, I suppose the runway is still there :diablo:

Seriously, I had a wander round there last summer and a lot of the hangars used the by the flying boats are still there, together with a few concrete structures by the firth. Close by is the land runway that, IIRC was under the different name of RAF Evanton (HMS Fieldfare) It shows up well on Google Earth (57 39 59N 4 18 28W)

But its not my home turf so others with more knowledge will tell you more about what survives.

Allan

Sorry I think you misunderstood me, I was referring to Tain’s runways. From the reports there is not much left of Alness.

Evanton/Tain/Fearn

If you haven’t already done so, try Action Stations Vol 7 by David J Smith and published by PSL.

Evanton is shown clearly in several of my air views, use the Search gallery feature
www.scotaviaimages.co.uk

Fearn does have a usuable runway for light aircraft.There are moves afoot to establish a flying club there.

Some of the original Alness buildings survive and you can see what is on the site now by looking at my air views, mostly new build business buildings.

RAF Alness
X6AL Alness Invergordon N57 40 48 W04 15 57 RAF. Flying Boat Station Moorings. Closed 1947.
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/06airfields/UK/Airfields_1.htm
http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q51/norwichpaul/RAF%20Alness/
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/778626

RAF TAIN
X6TA Tain N57 48 42 W03 58 25 1941 RAF. 18 Grp. Coastal Ops Army Part of the weapons range. Two helipads.
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/06airfields/UK/Airfields_4.htm
http://www.tainmuseum.org.uk/raf_tain_g.asp?page=136
http://www.raf.mod.uk/structure/stations.cfm?selectLocation=Scotland

RAF Fearn
X6FE Fearn N57 45 29 W03 56 50 1941 RN. HMS Owl. TBR Training Airport Closed 1947. Now active again but airfield is derelict.
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/06airfields/UK/Airfields_2.htm
http://www.tainmuseum.org.uk/hms_owl_g.asp?page=132

Martin

Well, since RAF Alness was home to 4 (C) OTU’s flying boats, I suppose the runway is still there :diablo:

Seriously, I had a wander round there last summer and a lot of the hangars used the by the flying boats are still there, together with a few concrete structures by the firth. Close by is the land runway that, IIRC was under the different name of RAF Evanton (HMS Fieldfare) It shows up well on Google Earth (57 39 59N 4 18 28W)

But its not my home turf so others with more knowledge will tell you more about what survives.

Allan

RAF Evanton is near Alness… Google Earth has them listed as Coastal Command, 817/816sqdn etc

The best site I have seen for this sort of thing is

http://www.controltowers.co.uk

It would help if they had a map, region by region rather than just the alphabetical list. You have to know the name of the airfield to look it up.

We have a site over here with maps-region by region. Over 250 airfields in Florida alone, many of which have been swallowed up by development or gone back to farming.

Thanks for the link, very helpful. There are still a few air raid shelters on the land that has returned to agriculture though, over the years, the grass and soil has washed off until now there is only about 2-3 feet at the bottom of the roof arch. Also the runways appeared to be in reasonable state after so long without care or repair.

What about the new site? Airfield Information Exchange…?

The best site I have seen for this sort of thing is

http://www.controltowers.co.uk

It would help if they had a map, region by region rather than just the alphabetical list. You have to know the name of the airfield to look it up.

We have a site over here with maps-region by region. Over 250 airfields in Florida alone, many of which have been swallowed up by development or gone back to farming.