Latitude 19° 06'N Longitude 27° 50'E


ACQUISITION	Lodger facilities for an RN Fleet Requirements Unit at an R.A.F. Fighter Airfield.
OPENED/GRANTED	September 1944
CLOSED/WITHDRAWN	October 1945

C.O./O.I.C.	Not known.

FUNCTION/FACILITY	Accommodation for one F.R.U
ADDRESS	R.N. Section R.A.F. Station Juhu
LOCALITY	Situated on the coast 7½ miles N. of Bombay city. The railway running north from Bombay passes 700 yds. E. of the airfield.
LANDMARKS	R.A.F., SANTA CRUZ, Light Bomber airfield, lies on the other side of the railway, about 1½ miles ESE.
ROAD AND RAIL ACCESS	Not known.


CONTROL	Not known.
ELEVATION	' above M.S.L.
RUNWAYS	Three. NNWSSE 800 x 50 yds. ENE/WSW 1300 X 50 yds. NNW/SSE 800 X 50 yds.
TRACKS
OBSTRUCTIONS	Navigation	Not known.
	Circuit	Not known.
	Approach	Not known.
APPROACH	Not known.
WIND INDICATOR	Not known.


HOMING - VISUAL	By day	Not known.
	By night	Not known.
HOMING--RADIO	D/F	Not known.
	Beacons	Not known.
APPROACH - VISUAL	By day	Not known.
	By night	Not known.
APPROACH - RADIO
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT	M/F & H/F	Not known.
	VH/F	Not known.

GROUND RADAR	Not known.

ACCOMMODATION

accommodation is largely in requisitioned buildings.

Capacity:

Officers:	Unknown.
Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings:	Unknown.

ARMOURIES

Not known.

COMPASS BASE

Not known.

DISPERSAL

Not known.

HANGARS

Hangars

Number /Type	Size	Door Height	Door Width
Not known.

MEDICAL

Not known.

METEOROLOGICAL

Not known.

FUEL AND OIL

Aviation -

Not known.

M/T -

Not known.

Oil -

Not known.

TEST BASE

Not known.

TEST BUTT

Not known.

WORKSHOPS

Not known.

VISITORS

Not known.

EXPLOSIVES

Not known.

BOMBING AND FIRING RANGES

Not known.

Information taken from C.B. 4368B (Text) (8/45) Handbook of Royal Naval Air Stations (Abroad)

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

722
X Flt

Fleet Requirements Unit
Detachment arrived from RNAS Tambaram 07.09.44 for target towing operations. Returned to RNAS Tambaram to rejoin squadron HQ 18.09.45.

Equipped with Martinet T, Swordfish one Reliant aircraft

797

X Flt

Fleet Requirements Unit
Detachment of (4) aircraft arrived from RNAS Katukurunda for target towing operations 08.08.43. Moved to RNAS Colombo Racecourse to rejoin squadron HQ 07.09.44.

Equipped with Swordfish

818

Torpedo-Bomber and Reconnaissance squadron

Disembarked from H.M.S. FORMIDABLE 13 - 20.04.42

Equipped with 9 Albacore Is.

Detachment (2) arrived from R.N. Air Section China Bay 20.-3.44, embarked in H.M.S. UNICORN 29.04.44.

Detachment (2) disembarked from H.M.S. UNICORN 7-19.05.44

Equipped with 4 Swordfish II.

827

Torpedo, Spotter, and Reconnaissance squadron
Disembarked from H.M.S. INDOMITABLE 14 - 20.04.42

Equipped with 12 Albacore Is.

880