Brackla
BRACKLA: Military aerodrome
Note: These three pictures are from my Google Earth © derived database.
Note: These three maps were kindly provided by Mike Holder.
Military user: RAF Bomber Command 29 Group
RLG [Relief Landing Ground)
19 OTU [Operational Training Unit] based at FORRES - although some say DALCROSS
(Armstong-Whitworth Whitleys)
14 & 19 (P) AFU [Pilot Advanced Flying Unit] (Airspeed Oxfords)
Activities: After flying ceased in 1944; Aircrew Allocation Centre
Location: Just N of the B9090, about 3.5nm SSW to SW of Nairn town centre, 12nm NE of Inverness city centre
Period of operation: 1941 to 1946
Runways: SW/NE 1828 grass N/S 1325 grass
E/W 1325 grass
Note: It appears the runways were wire-mesh although the taxy tracks and dispersals were concrete.
NOTES: It appears that in around early 1945, this airfield was designated as a major scrapheap. It is claimed that hundreds of surplus aircraft were sent here, including around 130 Handley Page Halifax bombers, some of which came direct from the factories producing them.
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