Queenamoan; Sandwick; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND
Frame details
Date: 02 May 1941
Location: Queenamoan; Sandwick; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND
Coordinates (lat, lon): 59.066090, -3.276240
Description: Though appearing to be under construction when this image was taken, on 2 May 1941, Skeabrae was opened to aircraft in October 1940. It exhibits contrasting tactical awareness in that blister hangars for aircraft are well dispersed around the site in groups of three, while the accommodation and technical buildings are grouped tightly together on the western perimeter. The only RAF station in Orkney, Skeabrae was reduced to Care and Maintenance status after the Second World War and closed in 1957.
Location: Queenamoan; Sandwick; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND
Coordinates (lat, lon): 59.066090, -3.276240
Description: Though appearing to be under construction when this image was taken, on 2 May 1941, Skeabrae was opened to aircraft in October 1940. It exhibits contrasting tactical awareness in that blister hangars for aircraft are well dispersed around the site in groups of three, while the accommodation and technical buildings are grouped tightly together on the western perimeter. The only RAF station in Orkney, Skeabrae was reduced to Care and Maintenance status after the Second World War and closed in 1957.
Image type: Vertical
Scale: 10000
Scale: 10000