Royal Naval Air Station Machrihanish,, is a former Royal Navy air station located near Machrihanish, close to Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The airfield opened during the Second World War
Fairey Swordfish; a common sight at Machrihanish during the Second World War
1833 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy between 1943 and 1945 and then a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve air squadron from 1947 to 1957.
A Corsair of 1833 Squadron on a training exercise over the USA in 1943
Lt Cdr N S Hanson, second wartime commander of the squadron
Supermarine Seafires of 1833 Squadron at HMS Gamecock in 1953
HMS Illustrious underway in the Indian Ocean, between March and May 1944