| RAF Ballyhalbert RNAS Ballyhalbert (HMS Corncrake)   | |||||||||||
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| Ballyhalbert, County Down in Northern Ireland | |||||||||||
 Squadron photo taken on RAF Ballyhalbert in 1945 | |||||||||||
  RAF Ballyhalbert Shown within Northern Ireland  RAF Ballyhalbert RAF Ballyhalbert (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°29′50″N 5°28′14″W / 54.49722°N 5.47056°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force sector station | ||||||||||
| Code | YB[1] | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry Admiralty | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force Royal Navy | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-45 * No. 13 Group RAF * No. 82 Group RAF Fleet Air Arm 1945-46 | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||
| In use | June 1941 – 1946 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 8 metres (26 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Ballyhalbert or more simply RAF Ballyhalbert is a former Royal Air Force sector station at Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland.
RAF Kirkistown was a satellite to the larger Ballyhalbert.
Construction began in 1940.[2]
- ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 40.
- ^ "RAF Ballyhalbert". Ballyhalbert website. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.