RAF Milltown | |||||||||
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| Near Elgin, Moray in Scotland | |||||||||
 A former hangar at Milltown during 2008. | |||||||||
  RAF Milltown Location in Moray  RAF Milltown RAF Milltown (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°40′12″N 003°14′04″W / 57.67000°N 3.23444°W | ||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force (1941–1946 and 1977–2001) Royal Navy (1946–1977) DCSA (2001–2006) | ||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Coastal Command 1941-46 | ||||||||
| Condition | Closed | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||
| In use | 1941–2006 | ||||||||
| Fate | Site sold by MOD in 2013, small number of station buildings remaining. | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II Cold War | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Elevation | 4 metres (13 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||
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Royal Air Force Milltown or RAF Milltown is a former Royal Air Force station located south of the Moray Firth and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north east of Elgin, Scotland.
Flying stopped in 1977 and the site became a defence communication station. The site was returned to previous owners the Innes estate and will become the site of a solar farm.
- ^ Falconer 2012, p. 146.