RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar) | |||||||||||||
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Inskip, Lancashire in England | |||||||||||||
Coordinates | 53°49′27″N 2°49′56″W / 53.82417°N 2.83222°W | ||||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||||
Owner | Admiralty | ||||||||||||
Operator | Royal Navy | ||||||||||||
Controlled by | Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||||
Built | 1942 | ||||||||||||
In use | 1943-1946 | ||||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||||
Elevation | 46 ft (14 m) AMSL | ||||||||||||
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Royal Naval Air Station Inskip (RNAS Inskip, also known as HMS Nightjar), was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase near the village of Inskip, Lancashire, England. It saw considerable aircrew training activity towards the end of the Second World War. In the 1960s and 70s it was a Royal Navy transmitting station known as HMS Inskip. It is now a military high frequency radio transmitting station known as MOD Inskip.