Environmental Impact
Trip to Tain Bombing Range

We visited Tain Bombing Range where bombers from Lossiemouth practice bombing different types of targets.

The range was constructed between the wars and used by the RAF. There was also a small landing area which was blocked with coils of barbed wire, old cars and tractors during an invasion scare in 1940. The landing area was developed and opened to bridge the gap between Scapa Flow in the north and Turnhouse in the south.

There were at least 12 different squadrons based in Tain at different times throughout the war. The aircraft were mostly British made including Hurricanes, Wellingtons and Spitfires.

It is still possible to see the original operations block and the positions of circular train tracks, which were used to train the gunners of various planes.

We were allowed up into the control tower where we watched the planes in action. We even had our own fly past.

When it was safe we were taken down to the areas where the planes drop their unarmed bombs. There we saw a World War 2 tank, which is used today during practices.