RAF Toome

54°45′15″N 006°29′42″W / 54.75417°N 6.49500°W / 54.75417; -6.49500TypeSatellite StationSite informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Flying Training CommandSite historyBuilt1943 (1943)In use2 January 1943 -1959 (1959)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield information

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Royal Air Force Toome or more simply RAF Toome is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• Relief Landing Ground of No. 2 Flying Training School RAF (February 1953 - ?)^[2]
• 'A' Flight of No. 104 (Transport) Operational Training Unit RAF (July - September 1943)^[3]
• No. 203 Gliding School RAF (July 1953 - April 1955)^[4]
• Mobile Transport Servicing Unit of No. 217 Maintenance Unit RAF (October 1945 - February 1946)^[5]
• No. 257 Maintenance Unit RAF (June 1945 - March 1947)^[6]

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.