Crail Airfield Church

Crail Airfield Church

During the First World War an airfield was built at Crail, but the site was abandoned following the end of hostilities. At the start of the Second World War Crail was once more brought into military use and expanded to become an important base for aircraft from the Royal Navy. Both men and women served at Crail Airfield and a chapel was built for these service personnel. The chapel had a stained glass window paid for by Wrens and sailors based at Crail in memory of their comrades who lost their lives in World War Two. Following the war the Royal Navy removed most of its aircraft from Crail, but the site continued to be used for military training until 1960. Much of the brick structure of the chapel still survives, although the building is now derelict.

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1940?

Bess Rhodes

Site

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06/10/2021

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(1) Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust, ‘Crail’: https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/crail/ [Accessed 21 September 2021]. (2) Aviation Trails, ‘RNAS Crail’: https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/rnas-crail-the-mary-celeste-of-aviation-part-1/ [Accessed 21 September 2021]. (3) Imperial War Museum, ‘War Memorials Register – HMS Jackdaw (Crail Airfield) – Chapel Stained Glass Window (Lost)’: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/78639 [Accessed 21 September 2021].

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Crail Airfield Church

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Building

436

1960?

Crail