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RAF Macmerry

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in April and June 1945 respectively. However, the end of the war curtailed the need for naval aircrews and RNAS Macmerry was handed back to the RAF in December 1945. Thereafter military use of RAF Macmerry was limited to the gliding school, which closed in 1946.
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The airfield site is now occupied by agriculture, a go-kart centre and the realigned A1 dual carriageway, whereas the technical and domestic sites are an industrial estate.
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RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912
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opened as a satellite to Grangemouth. Macmerry was also used as a satellite to the Operational Training Unit at
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formed at Macmerry, this being a communications squadron which used a variety of aircraft including the
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In August 1946 the civil airfield was reopened by the Edinburgh Flying Club, but it closed in 1953.
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squadrons were stationed at Macmerry using Blenheim, Lysander and Mustang aircraft. Part of
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from 1936 to 1939. In 1942 Macmerry was expanded to encompass the former Penston site.
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Action Stations 7. Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland
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for aircraft repair and modification; a training school for the
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Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
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The airfield also continued to function as a satellite to
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used Macmerry for fighter training until April 1942 when
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March 1941-August 1942 with Blenheims and Lysanders
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Macmerry
East Lothian
RAF Macmerry is located in East Lothian
RAF Macmerry is located in the United Kingdom
55°57′02″N 002°53′36″W / 55.95056°N 2.89333°W / 55.95056; -2.89333
Satellite Station
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
RAF Fighter Command
RAF Coastal Command
Fleet Air Arm
European theatre of World War II
AMSL
Direction
Royal Air Force
satellite station
Haddington
East Lothian
Scotland
Edinburgh
A1 road
Royal Flying Corps
First World War
Edinburgh Flying Club
North Eastern Airways
Second World War
RAF Drem

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