RAF Montrose

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RAF Montrose was a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Angus, Scotland.

In 1912, the British government planned twelve "Air Stations" operated by the Royal Flying Corps. The first of these was at Montrose, which became operational on February 26, 1913, with No 2 Squadron in residence, firstly, at Upper Dysart, to the South of the town, then at Broomfield, Montrose from January 1914. When No 2 Squadron moved to France in 1914, the first to land there, the aerodrome was inactive until the Royal Naval Air Service and then the Royal Flying Corps took up residence again in May 1915.

It became a major training base with even the Americans arriving in 1918 to train for the Western Front, and Canadian and British Squadrons forming When the RAF started to expand, the aerodrome was re-opened for training purposes. Later, during World War II, many fighter squadrons and the RNAS served at RAF Montrose. Commonwealth, Polish, Czech, American, Russian, Turkish, Free French and other Allied Nationals all trained and served at RAF Montrose during this time.