Prestwick, Stanice Královských vzdušných sil Ayr [1941-1957]

Royal Air Force Station Ayr / RAF Ayr
     
Název:
Name:
Stanice Královských vzdušných sil Ayr Royal Air Force Station Ayr
Originální název:
Original Name:
Royal Air Force Station Ayr
Další názvy:
Other Names:
DD.09.1917-DD.04.1918 Ayr Aerodrome
DD.MM.1943-DD.MM.1943 USAAF Station 570
DD.09.1944-DD.MM.1946 RNAS Ayr (HMS Wagtail)
DD.MM.1951-DD.MM.1957 AFB Ayr
Obec:
Municipality:
Prestwick Prestwick
GPS souřadnice:
GPS Coordinates:
55°29'06.00"N 4°35'42.00"W
Vznik:
Established:
07.04.1941
07.04.1941
Velitelé:
Commanders:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR, ( )
Dislokované jednotky:
Garrisoned Units:


DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
Zánik:
Cancelled:
DD.MM.1957
DD.MM.1957
Poznámka:
Note:
Nezaměňovat s RAF Prestwick, která se nacházela v těsném sousedství a byla zcela samostatnou základnou.


Někdy používán i název RAF Heathfield.
RAF Ayr should not be confused with RAF Prestwick which was a completely separate facility.


Sometimes known as RAF Ayr/Heathfield.
Zdroje:
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Heathfield
www.fleetairarmarchive.net
www.secretscotland.org.uk
http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/ayr-ii-heathfield
http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-A.htm#Ayr
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RAF Ayr (Ayr, Škótsko)

In rokoch 1. svetovej war základňa Royal Flight Corps Ayr / RFC Ayr (Ayr, Škótsko).
The basic dislokovaná Air Gunnery School Well.1.

In rokoch 1941-1957 air základňa renewed as RAF Ayr.

RAF Ayr/Heathfield sa started budovať in októbri 1940, operačnú spôsobilosť stíhacieho sektora dosiahla 07.04.1941. Základom base sa became pôvodné the buildings of the old mlyna ležiace in severozápadnej part of the base, where pôsobilo from januára Veliteľstvo stíhacieho sektora pre Západné škótsko, including rádiolokátorov on prieskum air situácie.

Základňa bola priamo podriadená 13. Group RAF (No. 13 Group) and mala 3 spevnené runway - 01/19 (4100 x 50 ft), 07/25 (4700 x 50 ft) and 13/31 (4500 x 50 ft), Okolie blast wasn't spevnené, to shift around the base slúžila 50ft wide komunikácia, ďalšie komunikácie to hangárčom and odstatvným areas of mali, width 35ft.

Základňa priliehala to the transatlantic letisku in Prestwick (with trávnatými spevnenými pristávacími faces), pričom so still rastúcou intensity zámorskej prepravy sa rátalo with the use of aj base-Ayr.

Základňa bola domovom niekoľkých denných aj nočných squadrons until 1943, when sa became a výzbrojným training táborom (Armament practice camp). In júni 1943 (06/1943) odovzdaná to užívania the USAAF (USAAF Ayr), vrátená in novembri 1943 (11/1943).

From júla 1944 bolo vybavenie base provided by the pre 722. squadron FAA, subsequently odovzdaná námorníctvu ako RNAS Ayr (20.10.1944), späť prevzatá 10.03.1946.

In rokoch 1951-1957 slúžiaca ako stock zariadenie USAF (AFB Ayr).

In 1941 základňa slúžila ako medzipristátie pre prelet prototype bomber Consolidated YB-24 Liberator, p. no 40-696/702 (označenie pre prelet LB-30A, s. no AM258/AM263.698 (c. n. 169)), pre RAF ako AM260. Pri štarte zo base airplane it became zo štartovacej of the runway and crashed into a building, subsequently started horieť. Killed 22. beds.

(edit agnes 03.09.2014 - post compiled by buko1)

Source: www.fleetairarmarchive.net
www.secretscotland.org.uk
http://www.hawkertempest.se/ayr.htm.
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The original station RFC Ayr/RAF Ayr from the period end 1. world war ii was located to the south from the later of the base from the period of world war 2, roughly at the coordinates
55°27'53.8"N 4°36'31.8"W
(55.464946, -4.608819).

source
http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/ayr-i.
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