RAF Sumburgh
Scotland
About
RAF Sumburgh, on the southern tip of Shetland, was a civil airfield taken over by the RAF in 1939. It served first as a fighter station and then under Coastal Command, its Bristol Beaufighters flying anti-shipping strikes off the Norwegian coast — No. 404 Squadron RCAF pioneering the use of rocket projectiles against enemy vessels from the field. Civil flying resumed after the war, and it is now Sumburgh Airport, the main airport for the Shetland Islands.
Home to
- No. 232 Squadron — 13 Group
- No. 254 Squadron
People connected to this base
4 persons cross-referenced to this airfield — through a posting here, a squadron based here, or aircrew who flew from it.
| Name | Rank | Connection | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keller, Ronald Frederick | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| North, Gerald | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Strong, Percy Drinkwater | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Walker, Kenneth George | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |