RAF Findo Gask
Royal Air Force station in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
RAF Findo Gask was a Royal Air Force satellite station located 7 mi (11 km) west of Perth, Scotland used during the Second World War.
History
RAF Findo Gask was opened on 14 June 1941 as a Flying Training Airfield. It would appear that it had three runways made of Sommerfeld Track (a form of wire netting based surface). The tower is of the "Watch Office for All Commands" (12779/41) type, with an extra floor and reduced size front windows. There were eight hangars, One T2 hangar (415 ft × 117 ft or 126 m × 36 m), three Blisters (85 × 85 × 20 ft or 25.9 × 25.9 × 6.1 m in height), four Dorman Long Blisters (90 × 90 × 20 ft or 27.4 × 27.4 × 6.1 m in height).
There seems to have been a flooding problem at the airfield due poor drainage; it was often waterlogged and muddy and continued flooding led to the eventual abandonment of the airfield in 1944, when all training moved to RAF Tealing. The airfield also proved to be unsuitable for the North American Mustang.
In late 1944 the airfield was used by units from the Polish Army for training purposes.
After the war ended the airfield was designated as Camp 233, and the accommodation was used to house German prisoners of war, who worked the land in the area.
The airfield was then home to a maintenance unit, No.
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