Post-war and Closure
With the ending of the war, RAF Andreas entered the mundane routine of day-to-day life after the exertions of the previous five years. In July 1946, the Douglas High School Flight of 506 Squadron Air Training Corps, spent a week's camp at Andreas.
The squadron, together with 440, had been set up in the early years of the war to encourage the interest of schoolboys in the Royal Air Force, many going on to train as aircrew. The cadets enjoyed daily flights in some of the Wellingtons at the station, taking advantage of what was now considerably quieter airspace over the north of the Island, as well as south west Scotland and Cumberland. The one and only opportunity the general public had of visiting Royal Air Force Andreas, was on Battle of Britain Day, September, 1946. It had already been announced that the station would close and that the Gunnery School would transfer to nearby Jurby. The Commanding Officer was now Group Captain G. C. Crawford, and he and the rest of the station personnel made every effort to show what the work of the station involved.
On show were the link trainer, parachute packing by the WAAFs and parachute dinghies and equipment used by the Andreas Rescue Station, which had so often been called upon in emergencies.
The following week, the transfer of stores to RAF Jurby was completed, and the gates of Royal Air Force Andreas were finally closed.
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