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OPENED	May 12942?
COMMISSIONED	01 June 1942
PAID OFF	31 March 1944
CLOSED	Not known.

FUNCTION	Aircraft Repair Yard Reserve aircraft storage Headquarters of Commodore-in-Charge, Naval Air Stations (Eastern Stations.).
PARENT STATION TO:	RNAS Mackinnon Road, RNAS Voi, RN Air Sect Port Reitz.

ADDRESS	R.N. Aircraft Repair Yard Kilindini Mombasa Kenya, East Africa
LOCALITY	The exact location of this airfield is uncertain R.N.A.S., Mackinnon Road, lies 40 miles WNW. R.A.F. Port Reitz lies ??
LANDMARKS	Mombasa Island, Kilindini harbour.
ROAD AND RAIL ACCESS	Kilindini harbour has 5 deep-water berths served by railway tracks. There are several 3- and 5-ton electric mobile cranes one 10-ton crane and a 60-ton floating crane available.


CONTROL	Control Building
ELEVATION	' above M.S.L.
RUNWAYS	--/-- QDM. ---° ----° .... --- x -- yds.
TRACKS
OBSTRUCTIONS	Navigation	None.
	Circuit
	Approach	None.
APPROACH	No special approach recommended.
WIND INDICATOR

HOMING - VISUAL

By day:

By night:

Not known

HOMING--RADIO

D/F: Beacon:

Not known

APPROACH - VISUAL

By day:

By night:

Not known
Not known

APPROACH - RADIO

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COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

W/T and R/T:

VH/F:

Not known

GROUND RADAR

Not known

ACCOMMODATION

Capacity:

Officers:	Unknown.
Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings:	Unknown.
W.R.N.S. Officers:	Unknown.
W.R.N.S. Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings;	Unknown.

ARMOURIES

Not known

COMPASS BASE

Not known

DISPERSAL

Not known

HANGARS

Not known

Number /Type	Size	Door Height	Door Width

MEDICAL

Not known

METEOROLOGICAL

Air Ministry provide facilities.

Prevalent winds : Between N.E. and NW., December-March.
Between SE. and SW., April-November.
Rainy Seasons : April-June and November and December. Heavy
afternoon showers prevalent throughout the year.

Average Cloud Base :

June-September, above 500 feet.
September-January, above x,000 feet.
January-May, above 1,500 feet.

FUEL AND OIL

Aviation:	Not known.
M/T:	Not known.
Oil :	Not known.

TEST BASE

Not known

TEST BUTT

Not known

WORKSHOPS

Workshops, etc, to Repair yard scale.

EXPLOSIVES

Not known

BOMBING AND FIRING RANGES

None.

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

788	Fleet Requirements Unit operating Albacore, Fulmar, Sea Hurricane, Skua, &Swordfish, Moved from RNAS Tanga 24 June 1942 A detachment operated at RNARY Nairobi 1 May - 7 Nov 42. Squadron disbanded 1 June 1945
710	Seaplane Squadron Equipped with 6 Walrus Disembarked from HMS ALBATROSS 31.05.42. operated various detachments aboard ALBATROSS before the squadron moved to RAF Majunga 09.09.42.
810	TBR squadron equipped with Swordfish Disembarked from HMS ILLUSTRIOUS 01-15.07.42.

This station was also recorded as RNAY Mombasa in some sources

'Kipanga' is Swahili for 'goshawk'

There is no information available about this station.

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Ron Leggett (Auckland, New Zealand) says...

This is obviously very out of date lol. eg in 1955 there were 10 deep water berths at Kilindini. There's even more now. McKinnon Road is a long way from Mombasa, I never knew it had an airfield. Port Reitz is now an International Airport Laugh