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RAF Elgin
RAF Elgin was a World War II satellite airfield serving RAF Lossiemouth.
Also known as Elgin Airfield or Bogs O'Mayne, the airfield was constructed on an area of level ground to the east of the River Lossie, about 2.5 kilometres southwest of Elgin, and west of Miltonduff. It occupied an area of some 180 hectares, with a further 6.5 hectares occupied between Wester Manbeen Cottages and Miltonduff, where domestic accommodation was located.
Although there is no evidence remaining of the airfield in terms of the runways, a number of the original buildings still survive around the general area, and have been reused as farm building, or abandoned.
Memorial
The site, and those who served there, are remembered by a sizeable memorial located at the junction of the B9010 Balnacoul Road and a minor road leading to the west, where a number of original buildings related to the airfield can still be found.
The wording on the memorial reads:
Erected on the site of R.A.F. Elgin (Bogs of mayne) a satellite airfield for Nº20 O.T.U. Lossiemouth between 1940 and 1945, Wellington aircraft used this airfield for training and also as a departure point for the thousand bomber raids of summer 1942. Other aircraft using the airfield included Blenheims, Whitleys Hurricanes, Lysanders and Oxfords. The airfield closed in 1946. |
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- Nearby Canmore or ScotlandsPlaces items
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- Old OS maps
- Nearby geocaches
- Bing Maps
- OS Get-a-map™
- Fly to in Google Earth
- SABRE - Maps (has many options) WiP - Needs lat/lon edit!
- Flash Earth
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⚠ (:gma-point lat=57.6254919 lon=-3.3492261 link='R A F Elgin memorial':)
⚠ (:gma-map zoom=15 view=hybrid:)
⚠ [[!World War II]]
⚠ [[!Airfield]]
⚠ [[!Lost]]
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