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Ronaldsway
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2004
(© Mike Dunning)
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RAF
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 shown above
2. Three storey Royal Navy building 566/42 |
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Tower:
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1.
Still survives
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 1920s, 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.
 /1939 to /1943,
Ground Defence Gunnery School, Technical Training Command with Gauntlet,
Lysander and Wallace aircraft.
21/06/44 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
Ronaldsway airfield, Isle of Man
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2001
(© Jim Hitch)
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Ronaldsway
airfield, Isle of Man,
RN - HMS Urley
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Airfield:
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Training
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Opened:
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/1934
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Closed:
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Royal Navy closure 1946
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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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Grass then 4x - tarmac
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Hangars:
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1x - Besonneau, 3x -
Blister, then 1x - Squadron, 4x - Mainhill, 8x - 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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Photographs ©
copyright as stated
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1983
(© Paul Francis)
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RAF
Ronaldsway airfield, Isle of Man
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Ronaldsway
Isle of Man airport + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2003 - Ronaldsway -
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