RAF Maghaberry

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RAF Maghaberry
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Maghaberry, County Antrim in Northern Ireland
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RAF Maghaberry on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1941
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RAF Maghaberry
Shown within Northern Ireland
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RAF Maghaberry
RAF Maghaberry (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates 54°30′56″N6°10′49″W / 54.51556°N 6.18028°W / 54.51556; -6.18028
TypeSatellite Station
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Controlled by RAF Flying Training Command
Site history
Built1940 (1940)-41
In use1941-1950 (1950)
Battles/wars European theatre of World War II

Royal Air Force Maghaberry, or more simply RAF Maghaberry, is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield located north of Maghaberry, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The site of former RAF Maghaberry was transformed into HM Prison Maghaberry.

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History

The following units were here at some point:

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Citations

  1. ↑ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 234.
  2. ↑ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 205.
  3. ↑ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 244.
  4. 1 2 "Maghaberry". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 116.

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