RAF Sydenham

RAF Sydenham
RAF Belfast
RNAS Belfast
RNAY Belfast
HMS Gadwell
HMS Gannet III
Belfast, County Antrim in Northern Ireland
RAF Sydenham is located in Northern Ireland
RAF Sydenham
RAF Sydenham
Shown within Northern Ireland
RAF Sydenham is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Sydenham
RAF Sydenham
RAF Sydenham (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates54°36′51″N 005°52′37″W / 54.61417°N 5.87694°W / 54.61417; -5.87694
TypeRoyal Air Force station
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
Admiralty
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Royal Navy
Controlled byRAF Flying Training Command
Fleet Air Arm
Site history
Built1939 (1939)
In use1939-1970 (1970)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation1 metre (3 ft 3 in) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
04/22  Asphalt
00/00  Concrete

Royal Air Force Sydenham or more simply RAF Sydenham is a former Royal Air Force station in Northern Ireland. In the 1970s it was the main servicing base for Blackburn Buccaneer aircraft, employing 650 civilian workers.[1]

History

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The following units were posted here at some point:[2]

Royal Air Force
Units

Current use

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The site is now George Best Belfast City Airport.

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Northern Ireland Committee of Irish Congress of Trade Unions, "The Defence Stations in Northern Ireland: The Case for Retention", March 1976
  2. ^ "Sydenham (Belfast City) (George Best Belfast City)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 91.
  4. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 71.
  5. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 115.
  6. ^ a b Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 110.
  7. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 106.
  8. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 318.
  9. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 314.
  10. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 168.
  11. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 134.
  12. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 136.
  13. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 306.
  14. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 228.

Bibliography

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  • Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.
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