RAF Greenock
RAF Greenock was a Royal [Air Force station] in Greenock, Scotland from 1940 to 1945.
RAF Greenock was created on 10 October 1940 as a maintenance base for RAF flying boats. Seaplanes had previously been used at the site in the 1930s. The base was hit on 7 May 1941 during the Greenock Blitz, when a hangar and storage facility were hit, and several aircraft were destroyed.
The following units were here at some point:
- No. 2 Flying Boat Servicing Unit
- No. [97 Maintenance Unit RAF]
- No. [213 Maintenance Unit RAF]
It ceased to be an RAF base in 1945 but continued in civilian use until 1950.
As of 2012, the RAF Club Greenock is still open.