RAF Ballyhalbert
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Royal Air Force Ballyhalbert or more simply RAF Ballyhalbert is a former Royal Air Force station at Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland
Quick Facts RAF BallyhalbertRNAS Ballyhalbert (HMS Corncrake), Coordinates ...
RAF Ballyhalbert RNAS Ballyhalbert (HMS Corncrake) | |||||||||||
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Ballyhalbert, County Down in Northern Ireland | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°29′50″N 5°28′14″W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force Sector Station | ||||||||||
Code | YB[1] | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry Admiralty | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force Royal Navy | ||||||||||
Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-45 * No. 13 Group RAF * No. 82 Group RAF Fleet Air Arm 1945-46 | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1940 (1940) | ||||||||||
In use | June 1941 – 1946 (1946) | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 8 metres (26 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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RAF Kirkistown was a satellite to the larger Ballyhalbert.
Construction began in 1940.[2]