Latitude 55°25'10"N Longitude 05°40'05"W


ACQUISITION	Civilian airfield requisitioned by the Admiralty 12.4.1940
COMMISSIONED	1.6.1940 as a satellite of RNAS Donibristle 'on books of MERLIN'. 1.4.1941 commissioned as LANDRAIL 15.6.41 Commissioned as LANDRAIL II
PAID OFF	Mid 1945

C.O./O.I.C.

FUNCTION	Satellite to R.N. Air Station, Donibristle, later became satellite to R.N. Air Station, Machrihanish.
ADDRESS	R.N. Air Station, Campeltown, Argyll. Scotland
LOCALITY	The airfield is situated in Kintyre, 8½i miles N.N.E. of the Mull of Kintyre and 2 miles W. of Campbeltown. R.N.A.S. Machrihanish lies If miles N.W.
LANDMARKS	The Mull of Kintyre. Campbeltown Loch with the town of the same name at its head. Machrihanish Water passes within 200 yds. of the S.E., E. and N. boundaries.
ROAD AND RAIL ACCESS	Main road from the airfield to Campbeltown and to R.N.A.S. Machrihanish. At Campbeltown there is a small harbour and pier with a depth of-12 ft. alongside. No rail communication. (See Machrihanish.)


CONTROL	Watch Office on the S.W. side of the landing area. Ground signals Not normally displayed.
ELEVATION	38' above M.S.L.
RUNWAYS	None.
LANDING AREA	Irregular. N.N.W./S.S.E., 770 yds. E.N.E./W.S.W., 850 yds. Grass surface ; the field is liable to bog seriously in wet weather on a line drawn E./W. through the centre.
TRACKS
OBSTRUCTIONS	Navigation	Mountainous country to N. and S. with summit (1,462 ft.) 4½ miles S.W.
	Circuit	W/T. masts, 90 ft. high, on rising ground at the transmitting station 1¼ miles W.S.W. of the Watch Office.
	Approach	None.
APPROACH	Not known.
WIND INDICATOR	Windsock can be displayed near the Watch Office.


HOMING - VISUAL	By day	None.
	By night	None.
HOMING--RADIO	D/F	None.
	Beacons	None.
APPROACH - VISUAL	By day	None.
	By night	None.
APPROACH - RADIO
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT	M/F & H/F	Not known
	VH/F	Not known

GROUND RADAR	None

ACCOMMODATION

Two Nissen huts S. of the Machrihanish-Campbeltown Road.

Station personnel living quarters at R.N.A.S. Machrihanish

Capacity:

Officers:	Unknown.
Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings:	Unknown.
W.R.N.S. Officers:	None.
W.R.N.S. Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings;	None.

ARMOURIES

Not known.

COMPASS BASE

None.

DISPERSAL

7 Double pens dispersed around the landing area.

HANGARS

Dispersed around the landing area.

Number /Type	Size	Door Height	Door Width
4 (Squadron)	60' x 70'	17'	55'

MEDICAL

Facilities by arrangement with R.N.A.S. Machrihanish.

METEOROLOGICAL

Meteorological information is obtained from Machrihanish.

FUEL AND OIL

Aviation:	}	No storage. Supply by bowsers from R.N.A.S. Machrihanish.
M/T:	}
Oil :	}

TEST BASE

Not known.

TEST BUTT

Not known.

WORKSHOPS

Not known.

VISITORS

Not known.

EXPLOSIVES

Explosives area along the N.W. boundary.

BOMBING AND FIRING RANGES

None.

Information taken from CB 4368 B. Admiralty Handbook of Naval Air Stations Aug. 45

List of first and second line squadrons, station flight and other flying units based at this location

766

772

804

810

812

815

816

818

820

825

826

828

829

832

837