RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)

Royal Naval Air Station Fearn or RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm base located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) southeast of Tain, Scottish Highlands and 21.9 miles (35.2 km) northeast of Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. The Tower has now been converted to residential use. See Restoration Man George Clarke.

RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)
Fearn, Scottish Highlands in Scotland
RNAS Fearn is located in Highland
RNAS Fearn
RNAS Fearn
Shown within the Scottish Highlands
RNAS Fearn is located in the United Kingdom
RNAS Fearn
RNAS Fearn
RNAS Fearn (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates57°45′28″N 003°56′54″W
TypeRoyal Naval Air Station
Site information
OwnerAdmiralty
OperatorRoyal Navy
Controlled byFleet Air Arm
Site history
Built1941 (1941)
In useOctober 1942 - July 1946
-1957 (1957)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation8 metres (26 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
05/23 1,348 metres (4,423 ft) Concrete
11/29 1,152 metres (3,780 ft) Concrete
18/36 1,078 metres (3,537 ft) Concrete

Units

A number of units were here at some point:

Current use

The site is currently used as farmland.[1] On the southeast edge, a new, separate, aerodrome has been created by the name of "Easter Airfield".[26] The control tower is now a private residence owned. It was in a 2015 episode of Channel 4's The Restoration Man.[27] A lot of the original buildings on the other side of the camp are derelict and only have trash from fly-tipping, crows and bugs in them.

See also

References

Citations
  1. "Fearn (Clay of Allan)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 31.
  3. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 36.
  4. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 38.
  5. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 40.
  6. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 58.
  7. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 68.
  8. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 168.
  9. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 175.
  10. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 182.
  11. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 187.
  12. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 189.
  13. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 192.
  14. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 194.
  15. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 205.
  16. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 207.
  17. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 209.
  18. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 213.
  19. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 219.
  20. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 223.
  21. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 231.
  22. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 252.
  23. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 254.
  24. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 273.
  25. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 294.
  26. "Locate - www.easterairfield.co.uk". www.easterairfield.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  27. "HMS Owl Restoration Case Study". British Standard. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

Bibliography
  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
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