RAF Ballykelly

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Royal Air Force station

RAF Ballykelly was a former Royal Air Force station in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, primarily used for maritime patrol and anti-submarine operations during the mid-20th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
RAF Lough Erne	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force station ⓘ
closedAsRAFStation	1971 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
garrison	Joint Anti-Submarine School Flight NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 120 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 203 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 204 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 210 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 220 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 228 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 240 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 269 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 519 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasElevation	24 metres ⓘ
hasIcaoCode	EGLK NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrimaryRole	anti-submarine warfare ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ
hasRunway	07/25 ⓘ
hasRunwayLength	1829 metres ⓘ
locatedIn	County Londonderry NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ
locatedNear	Ballykelly NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	nearby village of Ballykelly ⓘ
notableEvent	use as a base for Avro Shackleton operations in the North Atlantic ⓘ
opened	1941 ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf	RAF Coastal Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
postClosureUse	Shackleton Barracks NERFINISHED ⓘ army barracks ⓘ
region	Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ
runwaySurface	concrete ⓘ
stationedAircraftType	Avro Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Consolidated Liberator NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	former military airfield ⓘ
usedBy	RAF Coastal Command squadrons NERFINISHED ⓘ maritime patrol squadrons ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	North Atlantic maritime patrols ⓘ anti-submarine patrols ⓘ convoy escort ⓘ search and rescue operations ⓘ training ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ballykelly, County Londonderry → hasNearbyMilitarySite → RAF Ballykelly ⓘ

No. 203 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Ballykelly ⓘ

No. 209 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Ballykelly ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Lough Erne