RAF Dyce [entry point]

Title

RAF Dyce [entry point]

Description

RAF Dyce was located in Aberdeenshire, 5 miles (8 kms) north-west from Aberdeen.

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The site was a civil airfield from 1934 but was requisitioned during the war by the RAF. The station was used by both Fighter Command and Coastal Command. Defiants, Spitfires, Hurricanes, Tiger Moths and Mosquitos all used the station in a variety of roles including fighter defence, photographic reconnaissance, anti-shipping strikes and training. The site is now Aberdeen Airport.

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Contributor

Nigel Moore

Citation

“RAF Dyce [entry point],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/21862.

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