On 21 April 1945 the airbase was transferred from No. 13 Group, on loan to the Admiralty, known as Royal Naval Air Station Drem (RNAS Drem) and was commissioned as HMS Nighthawk. Its …

Naval Night Fighter School and Night Fighter Direction Centre. Remarks: The Fighter School, comprising No. 784 Squadron,-comes under C.Q,N.A.S for training and Com. N.A.S. (N) for …

784 Naval Air Squadron formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), in Hampshire, on 1 June 1942, as a Night Fighter Training squadron. It was initially equipped with six Fairey …

Drem in East Lothian was situated in an ideal position to protect the general Edinburgh area and important dockyard at Rosyth. The airfield began its career in the First World War and was at …

Sep 25, 2024 · Royal Air Force Drem, or more simply RAF Drem, is a former Royal Air Force station, just north of the village of Drem in East Lothian, Scotland. The motto of the station was …

Want to know more about RAF Drem? These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second …

A comprehensive history of the Second World War Fighter Command airfield at RAF Drem located near Edinburgh. It was one of Scotland’s most important airfields in this conflict. Its …

Operated from RNAS Drem from 29th August 1945 until moving to RNAS Machrihanish on November 27th 1945. Equipped with Firefly NF.I.

732 Naval Air Squadron reformed at RNAS Drem (HMS Nighthawk), just north of the village of Drem in East Lothian, Scotland, as a Night Fighter Training Squadron, on the 15 May 1945. [3] …

Carbon copy of a handwritten list of names of 26 German officers who were landed at RNAS Drem, Scotland, on 11th May 1945, their Ju 52 'planes having been intercepted by aircraft of …