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RAF Kinloss opened on 1 April 1939 as part of [[No. 21 Group RAF|No. 21 Group]], with [[Arthur Peck|Group Captain Arthur Peck]] being the first commander of the station. Initially, many personnel who were posted to Kinloss were previously unaware of the station and were surprised at how far north it was located.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafkinloss/aboutus/history.cfm|title=History|website=RAF Kinloss|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209045957/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafkinloss/aboutus/history.cfm|archive-date=9 December 2010}}</ref> The northerly [[latitude]] of the station later earned it the nickname within the RAF of "Ice Station Kilo", after the 1968 [[espionage]] film ''[[Ice Station Zebra]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12472051.RAF_flies_high_with_40_year_pledge_on_jobs_Jets_deal_for_Lossiemouth_and_Kinloss/|title=RAF flies high with 40-year pledge on jobs Jets deal for Lossiemouth and Kinloss|date=18 November 2005|website=The Herald|language=en|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref> |
RAF Kinloss opened on 1 April 1939 as part of [[No. 21 Group RAF|No. 21 Group]], with [[Arthur Peck|Group Captain Arthur Peck]] being the first commander of the station. Initially, many personnel who were posted to Kinloss were previously unaware of the station and were surprised at how far north it was located.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafkinloss/aboutus/history.cfm|title=History|website=RAF Kinloss|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209045957/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafkinloss/aboutus/history.cfm|archive-date=9 December 2010}}</ref> The northerly [[latitude]] of the station later earned it the nickname within the RAF of "Ice Station Kilo", after the 1968 [[espionage]] film ''[[Ice Station Zebra]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12472051.RAF_flies_high_with_40_year_pledge_on_jobs_Jets_deal_for_Lossiemouth_and_Kinloss/|title=RAF flies high with 40-year pledge on jobs Jets deal for Lossiemouth and Kinloss|date=18 November 2005|website=The Herald|language=en|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref> |
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[[No. 14 Flying Training School RAF|No. 14 Flying Training School]] (FTS) was soon established from [[No. 8 Flying Training School RAF|No. 8 FTS]] personnel based at [[RAF Montrose]]. It was initially equipped with thirty-eight [[Airspeed Oxford]]s and twenty-six [[Hawker Hart]]s and [[Hawker Audax|Audaxes]]. The first aircraft, an Oxford with serial ''N4584'', arrived on 9 May 1939, with the first student aircrews arriving on 13 May. In August 1939 [[ |
[[No. 14 Flying Training School RAF|No. 14 Flying Training School]] (FTS) was soon established from [[No. 8 Flying Training School RAF|No. 8 FTS]] personnel based at [[RAF Montrose]]. It was initially equipped with thirty-eight [[Airspeed Oxford]]s and twenty-six [[Hawker Hart]]s and [[Hawker Audax|Audaxes]]. The first aircraft, an Oxford with serial ''N4584'', arrived on 9 May 1939, with the first student aircrews arriving on 13 May. In August 1939 [[North American Harvard]]s replaced the Harts. October 1939 saw the addition of ten [[Avro Anson]]s and six Harts from the recently disbanded No. 13 FTS which was based at [[RAF Drem]] in [[East Lothian]].{{sfn|Hughes|1995|p=|pp=6-7}} |
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=== Second World War === |
=== Second World War === |
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* [[Boulton Paul Defiant|Boulton Paul Defiant Mk III]] |
* [[Boulton Paul Defiant|Boulton Paul Defiant Mk III]] |
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* [[Miles Martinet|Miles Martinet Mk I]] |
* [[Miles Martinet|Miles Martinet Mk I]] |
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* [[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk|Curtiss Tomahawk]] |
* [[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk|Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk]] |
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* Airspeed Oxford |
* Airspeed Oxford |
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* [[Hawker Hurricane|Hawker Hurricane Mk II]] |
* [[Hawker Hurricane|Hawker Hurricane Mk II]] |