RAF Kinloss

Base Data

RAF Kinloss.

Category	Statistic
Location.	UK.
Opened in.	1938.
Closed in.	Closed in 2012, but it is still operational as an Army barracks of the Royal Engineers.
Operated by.	1939 - 2012 (RAF) and 2012 - (Army).
Owned by.	British MOD.
Outside link.	http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=6535A649-5056-A318-A817A954E9F03688, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-18800255, http://forceskinloss.2day.uk/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kinloss, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kinloss, http://www.forgottenairfields.com/united-kingdom/scotland/grampian/kinloss-s915.html and http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13172307.Closure_of_RAF_base_leads_to_a_booming_population_rise/.

Barracks site

Barracks were also built there during World War 2 and in 2012. The 39th Engineer Regiment specialist in the building and repair of runways, hangars and hard standings for RAF aircraft.

RAF Search and Rescue (SARF) ARCC Kinloss

The RAF Search and Rescue organisation was stationed at RAF Kinloss since it opened in 1938, where the SARF/ARCC remained base based until the Kinloss unit's closure in 2016.

Former railway stations

Kinloss station opened in August 1858.It was moved by 300 yards in 1860, but was moved back again in 1862. The line closed at the end of January 1869. Occasional local goods trains ran until 1880. Some freight traffic continued to Burghead, most of which were largely maltings for a Burghead distillery until 1992, when the line was closed down and 'mothballed'. The RAF base was gradually built over it beyond the derelict junction and the 1 now abandoned track to Burghead. A militarily usage halt and freight siding was also built during World War 2, but were soon removed after peace was declared in 1945.

See also

1. Noteworthy Air bases

Outside links

1. http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Station%20OCs-Scot.htm,
2. http://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/News/Former-RAF-Kinloss-station-commander-receives-new-year-honour-31122012.htm,
3. http://forceskinloss.2day.uk/,
4. http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/LO-Kinloss-Aug14.pdf,
5. http://www.army.mod.uk/welfare-support/23576.aspx,
6. https://www.facebook.com/britisharmy/posts/411733695530181,
7. http://news.stv.tv/north/112053-home-from-home-as-army-sapper-settles-in-at-kinloss-barracks/,
8. http://public.moray.gov.uk/eplanning/propertyDetails.do;jsessionid=BA313172763071C3295DA9AEE09EC91F?activeTab=summary&keyVal=MDW7Q1BG03X09,
9. http://www.touruk.co.uk/railwaystations/stationsnearattraction.htm?attraction=2971,
10. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gfjryyz20,
11. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/gfjryyz20,
12. https://www.railscot.co.uk/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway/,
13. http://www.distances-calculator.com/ukrail-near-kinloss-great%20britain.htm
14. http://forceskinloss.2day.uk/section/RailUK,
15. http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/rcahms/317812/kinloss-kinloss-railway-station-level-crossing/rcahms,
16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway,
17. https://canmore.org.uk/site/15885/kinloss-kinloss-railway-station-and-level-crossing,
18. https://www.railscot.co.uk/locationnew.php?loc=Kinloss,
19. http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=6535A649-5056-A318-A817A954E9F03688,
20. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-18800255,
21. http://forceskinloss.2day.uk/,
22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kinloss,
23. http://www.forgottenairfields.com/united-kingdom/scotland/grampian/kinloss-s915.html,
24. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13172307.Closure_of_RAF_base_leads_to_a_booming_population_rise/
25. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-30434422
26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautical_Rescue_Coordination_Centre
27. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-30434422
28. http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafsearchandrescue/operations/arcc.cfm
29. http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/ARCC-at-Kinloss-to-close-by-April-2016-19032015.htm
30. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/moray/526017/moray-to-lose-arcc-by-april-2016/