RAF Mona

RAF Mona RAF Heneglwys RNAS Anglesey
Anglesey in Wales
EGOQ Shown within Anglesey
Coordinates	53°15′31″N 004°22′25″W / 53.25861°N 4.37361°W / 53.25861; -4.37361Coordinates: 53°15′31″N 004°22′25″W / 53.25861°N 4.37361°W / 53.25861; -4.37361
Type	Royal Air Force station - Relief Landing Ground
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1915 (1915)
In use	1915-Present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: EGOQ
Elevation	62 metres (203 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22 1,579 metres (5,180 ft) Asphalt

RAF Mona (ICAO: EGOQ) is a Royal Air Force station near Bodffordd on the island of Anglesey, Wales. It is primarily used as a relief landing ground for RAF Valley. Mona was opened as a Royal Naval Air Service airship base in 1915. During the Second World War, it was used as a training base. Today, Mona is used for circuit practice by BAE Hawks from RAF Valley along with a civilian flying club and 2474 (Cefni) Squadron Air Training Corps.

History

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• No. 3 Air Gunnery School
• No. 4 Flying Training School RAF
• No. 5 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
• No. 7 Flying Training School RAF
• No. 8 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
• No. 202 Advanced Flying School
• No. 255 Squadron RAF
• No. 251 (Special Duty) Flight
• No. 522 (Special Duty) Flight
• No. 577 Squadron RAF

Accidents and Incidents

A Hawk aircraft crashed at RAF Mona in 2007. The pilot ejected safely and made a full recovery.^[2]

A Hawk aircraft overshot the runway on 13 September 2013. The aircraft was practising forced landings when it hit a goose while on the runway and ended up in the arresting safety net. Both instructor and pupil were seriously hurt and were airlifted to hospital.

In June 2016 a man was convicted of endangering aircraft by shining a powerful torch at pilots undertaking night-time fast jet training at RAF Mona.^[3]

References

Bibliography

• McLelland, Tim (2010). Action Stations Revisited: The Complete History of Britain's Military Airfields. No. 5: Wales and the Midlands. Manchester, UK: Crecy Pub. ISBN 978-0-85979-111-3. 

External links

• World Aero Data information for EGOQ