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°WCoordinates: 53°15′31″N 004°22′25″W / 53.25861°N 4.37361°W

Type

Royal Air Force station - Relief Landing Ground

Site information

Owner

Ministry of Defence

Operator

Royal Air Force

Site history

Built

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 2006. The pilot ejected safely and made a full recovery.

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.^[2]

References

↑ "Mona (Anglesey) (Heneglwys) (Llangefni)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
↑ Morris, Steven (30 June 2016). "Man found guilty of endangering RAF aircraft by shining torch". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

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

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