Dallarchy
DALLACHY: Military aerodrome later gliding site
Note: Both of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Military users: RAF Coastal Command 18 (GR) Group
144, 404 (RCAF) Sqdn, 405 Sqdn (RAAF) & 489 ( RNZAF) Sqdns (Bristol Beaufighters)
Operated by: 1980s & 90s: Highland Gliding Club
Location: E of B9014, SW of Lower Auchenreat and NE of Bogmoor, 9nm E of Elgin
Period of operation: Military: 1943 to 1945 Civil: Gliding from 1980s (?) to 1991 (?)
Runways: WW2: 04/22 1463x46 hard 11/29 1280x46 hard
NOTES: The Beaufighter Strike Wing based here are now known for their raids into German-occupied Norway - very dangerous missions. Forty-two aircraft and seventy aircrew were lost. On just one sortie, February 9th 1945, (known a Black Friday), nine out of thirty-one Beaufighters were lost, six from 404 Squadron alone.
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