RAF Skitten | |
Ensign: | Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg |
Ensign Size: | 90px |
Location: | Killimster, Caithness |
Country: | Scotland |
Type: | Royal Air Force Satellite Station |
Coordinates: | 58.4958°N -3.1639°W |
Pushpin Map: | Scotland Caithness#UK |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Caithness |
Pushpin Label: | RAF Skitten |
Ownership: | Air Ministry |
Operator: | Royal Air Force |
Controlledby: | RAF Fighter Command 1940-41 RAF Coastal Command 1941-45 |
Code: | NS |
Used: | December 1940 - May |
Battles: | European theatre of World War II |
Elevation: | 20m (70feet) |
R1-Number: | 00/00 |
R1-Surface: | Tarmac |
R2-Number: | 00/00 |
R2-Surface: | Tarmac |
R3-Number: | 00/00 |
R3-Surface: | Tarmac |
Royal Air Force Skitten or more simply RAF Skitten is a former Royal Air Force satellite station directly east of the village of Killimster, located north east of Watten, Caithness, Scotland, and northwest of Wick, Caithness, Scotland. On 19 November 1942, Operation Freshman departed from RAF Skitten.
The site is now used for quarrying and as farmland.