Boyndie

Boyndie was once home to RAF Banff Strike Wing, which played a pivotal role in protecting the area during World War II. Under the command of group captain the Hon. Max Aitken, six multi-national squadrons formed the Banff Strike Wing. Between September 1944 and May 1945, crews flying in Mosquito and Beaufighter aircraft targeted U-boats and surface vessels in the North Sea,{{cite web|title=Sorties Flown By RAF Banff Strike Wing 1943 - 1945|url=http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/sorties.html|work=Scottish History Online|accessdate=24 January 2014}} causing the loss of thousands of tons of iron ore and other vital supplies. More than 80 airmen from the Wing gave their lives during the conflict. The airfield closed in 1946. In 1989, the R.A.F. Banff Strike Wing Memorial was erected on the Banff to Portsoy road near Portsoy.{{cite web|title=R.A.F. Banff Strike Wing Memorial|url=http://www.bbaf-arts.org.uk/sites/bbaf/art-in-env/artefactdetails.asp?ArtefactNum=111|work=The Banff & Buchan Arts Forum|accessdate=24 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209034313/http://www.bbaf-arts.org.uk/sites/bbaf/art-in-env/artefactdetails.asp?ArtefactNum=111#|archive-date=9 February 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The Grampian Kart Club operates an 850 metre kart racing track.{{cite web |title=Grampian Kart Club|url=http://www.grampiankartclub.com/ |access-date=6 May 2021}}

In 2004, Boyndie's old school building was converted into a training centre for people with special needs, and a visitor centre and restaurant serving the local community.{{cite web|work=Banffshire Partnership Newsletter|title=Page 18|url=http://www.banffshirepartners.co.uk/Issue%208.pdf|accessdate=15 January 2014}}

In 2006, Falck Renewables Wind Ltd built and commissioned the Boyndie Wind Farm, located on a disused World War II airfield. The wind farm has 8 turbines and when it's operating fully it generates 16.65 MW of electricity.{{cite web|title=Boyndie wind farm|url=http://www.falckrenewables.eu/attivita/elenco/boyndie/overview.aspx?sc_lang=en|work=Falck Renewables|accessdate=20 January 2014}} The local community owns shares in the wind farm through the Boyndie Wind Farm Co-operative Ltd, which is the first wind farm co-operative in Scotland.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.boyndie.coop/boyndie_aboutus.asp|work=Boyndie Wind Farm Co-operative Ltd|accessdate=20 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202200609/http://www.boyndie.coop/boyndie_aboutus.asp|archivedate=2 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}

On 11 November 2004 the Princess Royal visited Boyndie to tour the newly converted school building.{{cite web|work=The official web site of the British Monarchy|title=Engagements|url=http://royalmirror.coraider.com/output/page3527.html|accessdate=15 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116134423/http://royalmirror.coraider.com/output/page3527.html|archivedate=16 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}

• Colin Fraser Barron (1893-1958), Canadian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Charles Grant Ledingham (1875-1944), pathologist and bacteriologist
• Mary Adamson Anderson Marshall (1837–1910), physician, member of the Edinburgh Seven
• George Ogilvie-Forbes (1891-1954), diplomat, humanitarian, recipient of the British Hero of the Holocaust award
• Thomas Ruddiman (1674-1757), classical scholar

• Banff Bay

• United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map (2004) 1:50,000 scale, Landranger series; 29

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