RAF Forres

Royal Air Force Forres or more simply RAF Forres is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located between Mundole Estate and Forres, Moray, Scotland. The station was controlled by RAF Lossiemouth.

RAF Forres
Forres, Moray in Scotland
Site information
Type	Royal Air Force satellite station
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command * No. 6 (T) Group RAF * No. 91 (OTU) Group RAF
Location
RAF Forres Shown within Moray Show map of Moray RAF Forres RAF Forres (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	57°35′53″N 3°38′32″W
Site history
Built	1939 (1939)/40
In use	April 1940 - October 1944 (1944)[1]
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	15 metres (49 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Grass 00/00  Grass

RAF Forres also had a training strip located between the River Findhorn and Mundole Estate. The training strip is still visible from satellite imagery, and a hangar from the original strip still remains standing.

The following units were here at some point:^[2]

• Satellite airfield of No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF (21 January 1941 - 22 October 1944)^[3]
• Relief Landing Ground of No. 19 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (25 May 1943 - 20 November 1943)^[4]