RAF Methven

RAF Methven No. 24 SLG
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Methven, Perth and Kinross
Built	1940
In use	1941-1945
Elevation AMSL	125 ft / 38 m
Coordinates	56°24′38″N 003°32′04″W / 56.41056°N 3.53444°WCoordinates: 56°24′38″N 003°32′04″W / 56.41056°N 3.53444°W
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RAF Methven Location in Perth and Kinross
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Grass 00/00 0 0 Grass 00/00 0 0 Grass

Royal Air Force Methven or more simply RAF Methven is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south east of Methven, Perth and Kinross, Scotland and 4.1 miles (6.6 km) west of Perth, Perth and Kinross.

Station history

• No. 652 Squadron RAF were based at airfield between 28 March 1943 and 2 July 1943 where the squadron was equipped with the Taylorcraft Auster III before the squadron moved to RAF Ayr.^[1]
• No. 44 Maintenance Unit RAF.^[2]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations
• List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units

References

Citations

1. Jefford 1988, p. 102.
2. "Methven". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

Bibliography

• Jefford MBE, Wg Cdr C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

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