RAF Kinnell explained

RAF Kinnell
Ensign:	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Ensign Size:	90px
Location:	Friockheim, Angus
Country:	Scotland
Type:	Royal Air Force Satellite Station
Pushpin Map:	Scotland Angus#UK
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Angus
Pushpin Label:	RAF Kinnell
Ownership:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Controlledby:	RAF Fighter Command 1942-44 RAF Flying Training Command 1944-45 RAF Maintenance Command 1945
Code:	KL
Built:	/42
Used:	1942-
Battles:	European theatre of World War II
Elevation:	46m (151feet)
R1-Number:	00/00
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
R2-Number:	00/00
R2-Surface:	Asphalt

Royal Air Force Kinnell or more simply RAF Kinnell is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near to Friockheim, Angus, Scotland.

History

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

Satellite of No. 1 Combat Training Wing RAF (1943-44)
Satellite of No. 1 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF (January - July 1944)
Satellite of No. 2 Flying Instructors School (Advanced) RAF (September 1944 - July 1945)
Relief Landing Ground of No. 9 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (September 1944)
Satellite of No. 44 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) (August 1945 - ?)
Satellite of No. 56 Operational Training Unit RAF (March 1942 - October 1943)
Satellite of No. 260 MU RAF (November 1945 - ?)

The site is now used as farmland.^[1]

Book: Falconer. J. RAF Airfields of World War 2 . 2012 . Ian Allan Publishing. UK. 978-1-85780-349-5.
Book: Sturtivant. R. Hamlin. J. Halley. J. Royal Air Force flying training and support units . 1997 . Air-Britain (Historians). UK. 0-85130-252-1.