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Royal Naval Air Station Hatston (RNAS Hatston, also called HMS Sparrowhawk), was a military airfield located one mile to the north west of Kirkwall, on...

Scapa Flow. In July 1942, 771 Naval Air Squadron relocated to RNAS Twatt, from RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), which was also located on Orkney. It brought...

April 1942, and arrived at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, on 15 April. The squadron moved to RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Orkney, Scotland...

800 and 803 NAS led by Lieutenant Commander William Lucy, flying from RNAS Hatston in the Orkney Islands made a 330 mile night flight to arrive at the very...

1939 from part of 769 NAS Sea Gladiators which had been detached to RNAS Hatston. The squadron was merged into 800 NAS in June 1944 and subsequently reformed...

Naval Air Station Grimsetter, (RNAS Grimsetter). On 15 August, it was commissioned as HMS Robin, as a satellite to RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), located...

Station Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney, 1939 - 1948 HMS Tern, Twatt Orkney RNAS Twatt HMS Urley, Second World War flying station on the Isle of Man, RNAS Ronaldsway...

31st Naval TBR Wing - it was proposed to form during October 1943 at RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk). It was to consist 832 and 845 Naval Air Squadrons...

over Bergen. But at 16:00 a Martin Maryland managed to take off from RNAS Hatston and made it to Bergen where it could see the harbour was empty. On receiving...

700 Naval Air Squadron was originally formed on 21 January 1940 at RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk) in Orkney in a plan to centralise the operations of...

April, the Fleet Air Arm made a long-range attack from their base at RNAS Hatston (also called HMS Sparrowhawk) in the Orkney Islands against German warships...

fighter squadron, it conducted its initial training at HMS Sparrowhawk, RNAS Hatston on Mainland, Orkney, prior to boarding HMS Illustrious in June. The squadron...

Norway, followed by more Arctic convoy missions, using HMS Sparrowhawk, RNAS Hatston, as a shore base. It was disbanded in May 1945. The squadron was officially...

After disembarking at HMS Landrail, RNAS Machrihanish in early July, it moved to HMS Sparrowhawk, RNAS Hatston a few days later, which became its shore...

disembarked at RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on 8 January 1943 and subsequently relocated to RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk)...

boat over the North Sea. On April 10, 1940, 16 Skuas operating from RNAS Hatston in Orkney under Commander William Lucy sank the German cruiser Königsberg...

Malta Convoys. Having landed her torpedo bombers and dive bombers at RNAS Hatston in Orkney, Wasp loaded 52 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V fighters (fitted...

Section Ford and in January 1945, deployed 'A' flight to HMS Sparrowhawk, RNAS Hatston to provide ADDL, carrier deck landing training. 746 Naval Air Squadron...

combined with 700 Naval Air Squadron. It was reformed at HMS Sparrowhawk, RNAS Hatston, in August 1944, as a Communications Squadron, taking 'B' flight from...

Speke while the rest were at RNAS Ayr. They regrouped on the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable, with HMS Sparrowhawk RNAS Hatston, serving as the main shore...