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RAF Limavady

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Airport type
  
Military

Serves
  
Limavady Borough

Elevation AMSL
  
65 ft / 19.8 m

Owner
  
Air Ministry

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

In use
  
1940-1958 (1958)

Year built
  
1940

RAF Limavady

Location
  
Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Royal Air Force Station Limavady or more simply RAF Limavady is a former Royal Air Force station, also known as Aghanloo airfield, near the city of Derry, Northern Ireland.

Contents

Beginnings

The station was built in 1940 during the Second World War.

Squadrons

After the Second World War the airfield was further used by the Fleet Air Arm when it was known as RNAS Limavady until 1958 when it was finally sold off.

References

RAF Limavady Wikipedia