Kirkton
KIRKTON: Satellite Landing Ground and storage
Note: These three pictures are from my Google Earth © derived database.
Military user: Royal Air Force
41 SLG (RAF) administered by 45 MU RAF KINLOSS
Location: Just S of the A9, about 1.5nm SW of Golspie town centre, roughly 35nm NNE of Inverness city centre
Period of operation: Opened August 1941, closed 1945
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The Watch Office photo and the two-part excerpts are from Action Stations by David S Smith.
NOTES:
As 45 MU at KINLOSS dealt mainly with Armstrong-Whitworth Whitleys, Vickers Wellingtons, Handley Page Halifaxes and later Vickers Supermarine Spitfires from April 1940 it seems reasonable to assume it was probably these types stored here? Later delving confirms this was mostly the case, except that Douglas A-20 Havocs were stored here - with no mention of the Halifax.
It now appears that after opening in August 1941, the first arrivals were Spitfires and Whitleys, the Spitfires being stored at nearby Balbair Wood. Seems that the Havocs and Wellingtons arrived from June 1942. It is claimed that in 1943 over 70 aircraft were stored here but numbers dwindled as the much closer SLG at BRACKLA gained favour.
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