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Ronaldsway
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2001
(© Jim Hitch)
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Ronaldsway
airfield, Isle of Man
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Airfield Today:
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Isle
of Man airport
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Tower Type:
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1. Pre war and RAF air
traffic control - building unknown
2. Three storey Royal Navy building 566/42 |
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Tower:
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Not known
2. In use |
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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Area
used by aircraft since the 1920's, in 1934 aerodrome opened by Blackpool
and West Coast Air Services flying to Stanley
Park and Squires Gate in Blackpool,
and Liverpool. Also used by Manx Airways flying to Barton,
Glasgow and Leeds.
 /39 to /43,
Ground Defence Gunnery School, Technical Training Command with Gauntlet,
Lysander and Wallace aircraft.
21/6/44 to /46, Airfield rebuilt and opened as HMS Urley, RNAS Ronaldsway,
opened for dive bomber, torpedo and reconnaissance training. 705, 710,
713, 725, 747, 772, 776, 822 Sqns with Barracuda and Swordfish aircraft.1948, Bought by the Isle of Man Government for use as an airport, runways widened 1956/7 and still in use as Isle of Man airport. |
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RAF Station, HMS Urley
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Airfield:
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Training
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Opened:
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/34
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Closed:
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Royal Navy closure 1946
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ID Code:
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?
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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Grass then 4 tarmac
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Hangars:
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1- Besonneau, 3- Blister,
then 1- Squadron, 4- Mainhill, 8- Pentad
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County:
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Isle of Man
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Location:
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7 miles SW of Douglas
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OS Ref:
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SC285685
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Links:
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Isle of Man Airport:
www.iom-airport.com
The other wartime airfields of the Isle of Man: Andreas, Jurby |
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©:
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Photograph ©
Jim Hitch
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Isle
of Man Airport
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Ronaldsway
Isle of Man airport + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2003
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