Publication Account

Date 2013

Event ID 979323

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/979323

The first operational military airfield in the UK was set up by the RFC in 1913. The first hangars are Indian Army patterns, timber-framed corrugated-iron clad (one with the original sheeting profiles) and sliding doors, oldest in the UK. Two further hangars of 1917 were dismantled and await reerection in Bo’ness. A heritage centre interprets the training given here in both world wars inside the Former Station HQ. (tel 01674 678222; rafmontrose@aol.com)

M Watson, 2013