RAF Sydenham - Belfast

Royal Navy 3860/42 1990 (© Jack Woods via Bill Haggan)

RAF Sydenham airfield

Belfast (City) airport

1. Original flying control building not known
2. Naval type 3860/42
3. Present control building not known

1. Demolished
2. Demolished 1995
3. In use

Other Buildings:

1933, First used as a landing ground and flying boat station at Belfast harbour by Harland and Wolff, improved airfield was opened 16/03/1936. Short and Harland factory later produced Stirlings, Sunderlands, Britannias, Canberras, Skyvans, Tucanos, etc.
01/01/39, 24 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School.
06/40 to 07/41, 88 and 226 Sqn Fairey Battles and Bostons.
27/11/41, Airfield renamed RAF Belfast.
07/43 to 04/44, Lockheed Overseas Corporation assembled and flight tested USAAF fighters and flew them to Langford Lodge.
21/06/43, transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned as HMS Gadwell an Aircraft Maintenance Yard, 01/05/46, renamed HMS Gannet III, a tender to RNAS Eglinton.
02/07/73, Airfield transferred to the RAF, final RAF closure 1978.

1988 (© Bill Haggan)

RAF and RNAS Station

Aircraft Maintenance Yard,

2x - concrete, built 1941

29 of many different types

Co. Down, Northern Ireland

E side of Belfast docks

RAF Sydenham - RNAS Belfast

RAF Sydenham - RNAS Belfast, HMS Caroline, HMS Gadwall, HMS Gannet -

RAF and RNAS Station
Airfield:	Aircraft Maintenance Yard,
Opened:	/1933
Closed:	/1978
Code:	??
USAAF Station:	N/A
Runways:	2x - concrete, built 1941
Hangars:	29 of many different types
County:	Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Location:	E side of Belfast docks
OS Ref:	J373764
©:	All photographs copyright © as stated
RAF Sydenham - RNAS Belfast

RAF Sydenham airfield
Airfield Today:	Belfast (City) airport
Tower Type:	1. Original flying control building not known 2. Naval type 3860/42 3. Present control building not known
Tower:	1. Demolished 2. Demolished 1995 3. In use
Other Buildings:	Not known
History:	1933, First used as a landing ground and flying boat station at Belfast harbour by Harland and Wolff, improved airfield was opened 16/03/1936. Short and Harland factory later produced Stirlings, Sunderlands, Britannias, Canberras, Skyvans, Tucanos, etc. 01/01/39, 24 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School. 06/40 to 07/41, 88 and 226 Sqn Fairey Battles and Bostons. 27/11/41, Airfield renamed RAF Belfast. 07/43 to 04/44, Lockheed Overseas Corporation assembled and flight tested USAAF fighters and flew them to Langford Lodge. 21/06/43, transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned as HMS Gadwell an Aircraft Maintenance Yard, 01/05/46, renamed HMS Gannet III, a tender to RNAS Eglinton. 02/07/73, Airfield transferred to the RAF, final RAF closure 1978.