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In memory of Twatt airfield H.M.S. "Tern" Opened 01.04.1941 Closed 30.09.1946 Dedicated to all units and personnel based here Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust www.abct.org.uk Unveiled by Walter Crosby of No 771 Squadron, Celia Green of H.M.S. "Tern
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- Claire Pegrum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Wyatt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John Comloquoy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ian Balcombe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Pascal De Schepper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, fi.pinterest.com
- Bill Boaden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
.jpg/250px-Control_tower,_former_RNAS_Twatt,_Orkney_(geograph_6454126).jpg "Photo: Claire Pegrum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Twatt Airfield, Control TowerControl Tower (20th Century) · 347 yd
Loch of IsbisterBroch (iron Age) (possible) · 616 yd
Knowe of HollandMound · 1613 yd
VestrafioldFarmstead · 1633 yd
SpurdagroveStanding Stone(s) (prehistoric) · 1.0 mi
SwartlandBarrow (prehistoric) (possible) · 1.1 mi
Vestra FioldNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.1 mi
Farmland on the southern slopes of Ravie HillMountain or hill · 1.5 mi
Marwick HeadNature reserve · 2.1 miExplorer Tom Marwick Head makes the west coast of Orkney look as though it was built for seabirds and merely tolerates visiting…
The CastleArchaeological place · 2.4 mi
Mapped graveyardGraveyard · 2.4 mi
St Peter's Sandwick Parish War MemorialMemorial · 2.4 miMore memorials and graveyards in Orkney Islands · All of Orkney Islands
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