RAF Kirkistown

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Royal Air Force Kirkistown or more simply RAF Kirkistown is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) of Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland.

It was a satellite to the RAF Fighter Command airfield at Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula.

History

• No. 485 Squadron RNZAF (1942)^[5]
• 808 Naval Air Squadron
• 818 Naval Air Squadron
• 835 Naval Air Squadron
• 881 Naval Air Squadron
• 885 Naval Air Squadron
• 887 Naval Air Squadron
• No. 1493 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (April – May 1942) became No. 1493 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF (May – November 1942)^[6]
• No. 2898 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 4117 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment

Current use

Today the site is home to Kirkistown Circuit, a regular venue for car and motorcycle races. The circuit utilises the northern parts of the former air base's runways and perimeter roadways.

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing.
  ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5
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• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912.
  ISBN 1-85310-053-6
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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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