RAF Krendi

RAF Krendi
Malta
Near Qrendi
RAF Krendi is located in Malta
RAF Krendi
RAF Krendi
Shown within Malta
Coordinates35°50′5.5″N 014°26′5.96″E / 35.834861°N 14.4349889°E / 35.834861; 14.4349889
TypeDiversion airfield then storage base
Site information
OwnerNow Government of Malta
ConditionExtensively developed as mixed use developments one runway now a road
Site history
Built1940 (1940)
In use1943–1945 (1945)
249 Squadron Supermarine Spitfires on Malta.
Squadron Leader Billy Drake, from June until November 1943 he led the Krendi fighter Wing in Malta, with whom he scored the last of his 20 confirmed victories
Squadron Leader J J Lynch, Commanding Officer of No. 249 Squadron RAF, sits in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vc at RAF Krendi, as an airman chalks "Malta's 1,000th" below his victory tally.

Royal Air Force Krendi, also known as RAF Qrendi, was a Royal Air Force base located on the island of Malta,[1] near the town of Qrendi. The station was officially inaugurated in 1941 as a diversion airstrip for the main operating bases such as nearby RAF Luqa. Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Krendi were located at RAF Safi and on Malta's second island of Gozo. Later, in November 1942, the British began basing fighter squadrons at Krendi. These remained until late 1943. After the war, the airfield was used as a tracking station and vehicle park, before falling into disuse.

  1. ^ "Stations-K RAF Krendi/Qrendi". www.rafweb.org. Retrieved 21 July 2017.