RAF Sydenham
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Royal Air Force Sydenham or more simply RAF Sydenham is a former Royal Air Force station in Northern Ireland. In the 1970s it was the main servicing base for Blackburn Buccaneer aircraft, employing 650 civilian workers.[1]
History
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- Royal Air Force
- Units
- No. 3 Civilian Fighter Control Co-operation Unit RAF (March 1957 – June 1958)Template:Sfn
- Detachment of No. 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF (1943)Template:Sfn
- No. 8 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA (March 1941 – May 1942) became No. 8 Ferry Pool ATA (May 1942 – August 1945)Template:Sfn
- No. 13 Air Experience Flight RAF
- No. 23 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF (September 1939)Template:Sfn
- No. 24 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF (January – September 1939)Template:Sfn became No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (September 1939 – February 1942)Template:Sfn
- No. 75 (Bomber) Wing RAF (June 1940 & February – April 1941)Template:Sfn became No. 31 Wing RAF (April – June 1941)Template:Sfn
- No. 79 Wing Calibration Flight RAF
- No. 203 Gliding School RAF (September 1949 – November 1952)Template:Sfn
- Detachment of No. 1480 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (September 1942)Template:Sfn
- No. 1494 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (April 1942 – April 1943)Template:Sfn
- Belfast University Air Squadron (January – May 1941) became Queens University Air Squadron (May 1941 – December 1945 & March 1947 – January 1992)Template:Sfn
- RAF Northern Ireland Communication Flight RAF (October 1940 – October 1942 & December 1945 – December 1946)Template:Sfn
Current use
The site is now George Best Belfast City Airport.
References
Citations
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Bibliography
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External links
- Northern Ireland base closes, Flight International, 15 April 1978, v. 113, no. 3604, p. 1035.
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