Greetings, My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not far from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a clanger!!) Peter

On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:52:15 -0600, Peter Monks <arethusa@shaw.ca> wrote: >My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield >was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in >thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not >far from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a >clanger!!) There were 6 airfields within a 15 mile radius of the town of Lossiemouth during WW2: Lossiemouth airfield, NJ207695, 1.75 miles WSW of the town of Lossiemouth. Milltown airfield, NJ266657, 3.5 miles SE of the town of Lossiemouth, and 3.5 miles NE of Elgin. Kinloss airfield, NJ068632, 11.3 miles WSW of the town of Lossiemouth, and 3.4 miles NE of the town of Forres. Dallachy airfield, NJ365635, 3.25 miles NNE of Fochabers, and 9.3 miles E of the town of Elgin. Forres airfield, NJ020580, 1 mile WSW of the town of Forres Elgin or Bogs O' Mayne airfield, NJ200604, 2 miles SW of the town of Elgin You can see a modern map of each one if you go to the ordnance Survey's Get-a-map page at http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm and by inputting the grid reference (eg NJ207675) into the search box at the top left. The first four are still marked as airfields, whilst the last two are not. You can zoom the maps out and in, and seeing them may well jog your memory of the area. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher

If it was on the back road into Lossiemouth from Lhanbryde and Urquhart and very close to a wood my grandad used to be one of the boilerman there. Sorry can't remember the name of the base Grandad lived at Rutherhill near Lhanbryde and one day a german pilot upturned his plane and shouted out of the cockpit that they wood be back. Mum remembers they were all in the field and she said that he came so low that they all ducked down. Not much help in regards your query - more a family histoy remembrance of the time. regards Carol www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk Wakefield Family History Sharing ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Monks" <arethusa@shaw.ca> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND > Greetings, > > My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield was > adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in > thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not far > from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a > clanger!!) > > Peter > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country > your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give > dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For > example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Greetings, Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my query. It is appreciated that you shared a fragment of family history. It is in such recalling that we bask in the glow (hopefully) of such memories. I was a child at the time, memories are sketchy to say the least. We lived on a farm property with buildings adjacent to the main farm house/farm sheds, this would have been around 1943 to 1945/6. Around 1974 I took a quick tour of Scotland, just prior to our immigrating here to Canada, and by great luck found the actual farm.........they were about to demolish the portion of the building that we had stayed in. Now I cannot remember the name and address, but it might have been near Dava at the junction of A939 or was it B9007 and near Logie and A940?? Again my grateful thanks, Peter carol wrote: > If it was on the back road into Lossiemouth from Lhanbryde and > Urquhart and very close to a wood my grandad used to be one of the > boilerman there. Sorry can't remember the name of the base > > Grandad lived at Rutherhill near Lhanbryde and one day a german pilot > upturned his plane and shouted out of the cockpit that they wood be > back. Mum remembers they were all in the field and she said that he > came so low that they all ducked down. > > Not much help in regards your query - more a family histoy remembrance > of the time. > > regards > > Carol > www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk > Wakefield Family History Sharing > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Monks" <arethusa@shaw.ca> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:52 PM > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND > > >> Greetings, >> >> My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The >> airfield was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am >> I correct in thinking that this would be the only such airfield in >> the area?? (Not far from where the three German spies were dropped >> off..........what a clanger!!) >> >> Peter >> >> >> ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >> We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what >> country your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially >> you! If you give dates please help us understand the date you are >> referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/WORLDWAR2.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, > subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international > list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from > and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. > If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring > to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >

Forrest has detailed all the airfields on the Laich of Moray. Of these, Kinloss and Lossiemouth were started and were operational before the outbreak of war in September 1939 and are still operational today. The others were established from 1940 onwards and were used as satellite fields either for the dispersal of aircraft or for training. I remember the Forres airfield being used for circuits and bumps by Whitleys of the Operational Training Unit which was based at Kinloss. Peter - if you can give dated of when you were there or the type of aircraft, or the nature of the operations your father was associated with, it may be possible to narrow the search.. Jim ----Original Message----- From: Peter Monks [mailto:arethusa@shaw.ca] Sent: 01 April 2006 18:52 To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND Greetings, My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not far from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a clanger!!) Peter ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Greetings, Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my query. I was a child at the time, memories are sketchy to say the least. We lived on a farm property with buildings adjacent to the main farm house/farm sheds, this would have been around 1943 to 1945/6. Around 1974 I took a quick tour of Scotland, just prior to our immigrating here to Canada, and by great luck found the actual farm.........they were about to demolish the portion of the building that we had stayed in. Now I cannot remember the name and address, but it might have been near Dava at the junction of A939 or was it B9007 and near Logie and A940?? The references to the locations of the other airfields and the Ordnance Survey map positions answers my initial query. I had tried seeking information via an RAF web site and it seemed to indicate (in my ignorance) the location of a few squadrons..........perhaps located at each corner of the airfields? Now I can zero in a bit more. In my fathers service records he is listed as 605 Sqdn 13/9/42 11 S. of TT 3 Feb 43 19 OTU 8/4/43 56 Base 4/11/44 19 OTU 26/4/45 6 (c) OTU 18/7/45 102 PDC Released 27/11/45 As a child I recall being taken to see the aircraft and being admonished to hide under the seat if the sergent came, much hilarity until I discovered that seat base was 'solid' to the floor. The aircraft was an Anson I believe. Though I have dim memories of Lancasters, but where and when.....?? Again my grateful thanks, Peter James Flemington wrote: >Forrest has detailed all the airfields on the Laich of Moray. Of these, >Kinloss and Lossiemouth were started and were operational before the >outbreak of war in September 1939 and are still operational today. The >others were established from 1940 onwards and were used as satellite fields >either for the dispersal of aircraft or for training. I remember the Forres >airfield being used for circuits and bumps by Whitleys of the Operational >Training Unit which was based at Kinloss. > >Peter - if you can give dated of when you were there or the type of >aircraft, or the nature of the operations your father was associated with, >it may be possible to narrow the search.. > >Jim > > > >----Original Message----- >From: Peter Monks [mailto:arethusa@shaw.ca] >Sent: 01 April 2006 18:52 >To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND > >Greetings, > >My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield >was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in >thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not >far from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a >clanger!!) > >Peter > > >==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country your >ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give dates >please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 >Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > >==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/WORLDWAR2.html >This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >