RAF Mona
RAF Mona (ICAO: EGOQ) is a Royal Air Force station near Bodffordd on the island of Anglesey, Wales. It is primarily used as a relief landing ground for RAF Valley. Mona was opened as a Royal Naval Air Service airship base in 1915. During Second World War it was used as an air gunnery school, flying Avro Ansons. Today, Mona is used for circuit practice by BAE Hawks from RAF Valley along with a civilian flying club and 2474 (Cefni) Squadron Air Training Corps.
History
The following units were here at some point:
No. 3 Air Gunnery School
No. 4 Flying Training School RAF
No. 5 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
No. 7 Flying Training School RAF
No. 8 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
No. 202 Advanced Flying School
No. 255 Squadron RAF
No. 251 (Special Duty) Flight
No. 522 (Special Duty) Flight
No. 577 Squadron RAF
Accidents and Incidents
A Hawk crashed at RAF Mona in 2006. The pilot ejected safely and was airlifted to Ysbyty Gwynedd and the pilot made a full recovery
A Hawk overshot the runway at RAF Mona at 10:50 BST Friday 13 September 2013. The aircraft was practising forced landings when it hit a goose. The aircraft hit the bird while on the runway and ended up in the arresting safety net. Both instructor and pupil were seriously hurt in the incident and were airlifted to Bangor hospital by rescue 122 of RAF Valley