-
Royal Naval Air
Station Hatston (RNAS
Hatston, also
called HMS Sparrowhawk), was a
military airfield located one mile to the
north west of Kirkwall, on...
- Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, on 15 April. The
squadron moved to RNAS
Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Orkney, Scotland, in June 1942.
During a
period of frequent...
- in 1931. HMS
Sparrowhawk was the name
given to
Royal Naval Air
Station Hatston, a
naval air
station of the
Fleet Air Arm
during World War II . HMS Sparrow...
- into
Orkney and Shetland. On the
western edge of the town,
surrounded by
Hatston Industrial Estate,
there is a
prehistoric monument,
known as the "Grain...
-
built at the
instigation of Capt. Fresson, who had
proved to the Navy at
Hatston (Orkney) that to
maintain all-round
landing facilities over the winter...
- (Ardgour Road, Caol) (t/a
Stagecoach in Lochaber)
Kirkwall (Scott's Road
Hatston Industrial Estate) (t/a
Stagecoach in Orkney)
Portree (Park Road) (t/a...
- by
British Fleet Air Arm
Blackburn Skua dive bombers,
flying from RNAS
Hatston in Orkney.
April 12 The
Faroe Islands are
occupied by
British troops, following...
-
Hertfordshire 1939 1956 RAF/ATA use of de Havilland's
Hatfield Aerodrome ((RAF
Hatston)) ((Orkneys)) 1939 1945
Previously a
civil site, the
Royal Navy took it...
- On 15 August, it was
commissioned as HMS Robin, as a
satellite to RNAS
Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk),
located 1 mile (1.6 km) to the
north west of Kirkwall...
- and 803 NAS led by
Lieutenant Commander William Lucy,
flying from RNAS
Hatston in the
Orkney Islands made a 330 mile
night flight to
arrive at the very...
