RNAS Crail (HMS Jackdaw)

Royal Naval Air Station Crail (RNAS Crail, also known as HMS Jackdaw) is a former Royal Naval Air Station of the Fleet Air Arm located 4.9 mi east of Anstruther, Fife and 8.8 mi from St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was home to a site of the Joint Services School for Linguists from 1956 to 1960.

Units
A number of units were here at some point: • No. 104 Squadron RAF

• 120th Aero Squadron

• 711 Naval Air Squadron

• 747 Naval Air Squadron

• 758 Naval Air Squadron

• 770 Naval Air Squadron

• 778 Naval Air Squadron

• 780 Naval Air Squadron

• 785 Naval Air Squadron

• 786 Naval Air Squadron

• 800 Naval Air Squadron

• 810 Naval Air Squadron

• 811 Naval Air Squadron

• 812 Naval Air Squadron

• 816 Naval Air Squadron

• 817 Naval Air Squadron

• 819 Naval Air Squadron

• 820 Naval Air Squadron

• 822 Naval Air Squadron

• 823 Naval Air Squadron

• 826 Naval Air Squadron

• 827 Naval Air Squadron

• 828 Naval Air Squadron

• 829 Naval Air Squadron

• 831 Naval Air Squadron

• 832 Naval Air Squadron

• 833 Naval Air Squadron

• 834 Naval Air Squadron

• 836 Naval Air Squadron

• 837 Naval Air Squadron

• 837A Flight

• 846 Naval Air Squadron

• Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit RAF

• No. 4 Ferry Flight RAF

• No. 27 Training Depot Station

• No. 50 Training Squadron

Current use
The site is currently used for industrial work farming and car drag racing.