RAF Bowmore

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RAF Bowmore
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Bowmore, Argyll and Bute in Scotland
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RAF Bowmore
Shown within Argyll and Bute
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RAF Bowmore
RAF Bowmore (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates 55°45′26″N6°17′17″W / 55.75722°N 6.28806°W / 55.75722; -6.28806
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Air Force
Controlled by RAF Coastal Command
Site history
Built1940 (1940)
In use1940-1946 (1946)
Battles/wars European theatre of World War II

Royal Air Force Bowmore or more simply RAF Bowmore is a former Royal Air Force seaplane station located in Bowmore, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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The following units were here at some point: [1]

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References

Citations

  1. "Bowmore (Seaplane) (Islay)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. Jefford 1988, p. 57.
  3. Jefford 1988, p. 77.
  4. Jefford 1988, p. 91.
  5. Lake 1999, p. 109.

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