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Burscough
airfield, HMS Ringtail
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Airfield Today:
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Farmland,
industrial estates, housing
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Tower Type:
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Naval 3860/42 (three
storey) with Air Watch Office
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Tower:
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Demolished July 2004
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Other
Buildings:
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Many
including ops block, hangars, runways, perimeter track, pillboxes, etc
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History:
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R.N. station H.M.S. Ringtail for naval day and night fighters. Many aircraft
types including: Helldivers, Seafires, Corsairs, Barracudas, Hellcats,
Wildcats, Avengers, Swordfish and Fireflies.Post war mainly Fireflies, flying ceased in May 1946. Woodvale was satellite station, known as H.M.S. Ringtail II. |
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H.M.S.
Ringtail, Burscough
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2002
(© Campbell Cunningham)
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R.N. Station - H.M.S.
Ringtail
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Airfield:
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Naval Day/Nightfighters
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Opened:
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01/09/43
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Closed:
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1957
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ID Code:
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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4, concrete/tarmac
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Hangars:
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14x - Type -, 18x -
Type
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County:
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Lancashire
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Location:
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1 mile NE of Ormskirk
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OS Ref:
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SD425114
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Burscough airfield, HMS Ringtail
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Burscough - HMS Ringtail - airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2002 - Burscough -
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