Hvitanes

Latitude 64°21'47"N Longitude 21°30'01"W


ACQUISITION	Not Known.
OPENED	21 June 1943
CLOSED	06 December 1943
C.O./O.I.C.	Lt. Cdr (A) A.G. Mayhew RNVR

FUNCTION	Storage of crated and damaged airframes
ADDRESS	R.N. Air Section RN Repair Base Hvitanes, Iceland
LOCALITY	The RN Repair Base is located in the upper reaches of Hvalfjiord, on a small headland on the S. shore of the fjord. The fjord is approximately 18½ miles long and 3 miles wide
LANDMARKS	The lHvammshofdi peninsular 2¾ miles W. Tyrilsnes point lies ¾ mile NE. on the opposite side of the fjord at its narrowest point.
ROAD AND RAIL ACCESS	Road access to Reykjavík 35 miles (R), and to Kaldadarnes airfield 63 miles (R). No railway.

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ACCOMMODATION

Capacity:

Officers:	Unknown.
Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings:	Unknown.
W.R.N.S. Officers:	Unknown.
W.R.N.S. Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings;	Unknown.

List of first and second line squadrons, station flight and other flying units based at this location

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Opened as a satellite unit to the RN Air Section at RAF Kaldadarnes to handle and store crated and damaged airframes delivered by carriers operating with Atlantic convoy escort groups. The store was located at the Boom Defence Depot at RN Repair Base Hvitanes, on Hvalfjiord fjord, approximately 35 miles North of Reykjavík, and RAF Kaldadarnes 63 miles to the South.

There is no information available about the activities of this section.

Note: although referred to as an Air Section, this may in fact have been a Naval Air Party, a small detachment from the Section operating at Kaldadarnes.

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