RAF Stornoway
Scotland
About
RAF Stornoway opened on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in 1941 as a Coastal Command station, its long runways laid out for the anti-submarine patrols that guarded the North Atlantic convoy routes. Squadrons flew Avro Ansons, Lockheed Hudsons and Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys from it, hunting U-boats and escorting shipping. The airfield was used again by the RAF in the Cold War and now serves the islands as Stornoway Airport.
Photographs
ⓘ licence & credit
Daventry B J (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Coastal_Command_CH14815.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Daventry B J (Flt Lt), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aircrew_and_Handley_Page_Halifax_Mk_III_bombers_of_No._502_Squadron_operating_with_RAF_Coastal_Command_at_Stornoway,_in_the_Outer_Hebrides,_February_1945._CH1View source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Daventry B J (Flt Lt), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:502_Squadron_RAF_Halifax_and_aircrew_Stornoway_1945_IWM_CH_14814.jpgView source & full licence →Home to
- No. 58 Squadron — 19 Group
People connected to this base
1 person cross-referenced to this airfield — through a posting here, a squadron based here, or aircrew who flew from it.
| Name | Rank | Connection | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drimmie, George Keith Ross | Squadron Leader | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |