NAS Queenstown | |
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 Aircraft on slipway at Aghada | |
| Summary | |
| Airport type | Military |
| Operator | United States Navy |
| Location | Aghada, County Cork, Ireland |
| Built | 14 February 1918 |
| In use | 1918-1919 |
| Elevation AMSL | 3 ft 3 in ft / 1 m |
| Coordinates | 51°50′N 8°13′W / 51.833°N 8.217°W |
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  NAS Queenstown Location in Ireland | |
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United States Naval Air Station Queenstown was the first US Naval Air Station established in Ireland. NAS Queenstown was close to the village of Aghada on the eastern side of Cork Harbour (across the harbour from Queenstown/Cobh). NAS Queenstown was commissioned on 22 February 1918 with LCDR Paul J. Peyton, USNRF, Naval Aviator 47 in command.[1][2]
- ^ Flying Officers of the U.S.N. 1917-1919. Washington DC: Naval Aviation War Book Committee. 1919. p. 300. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Treadwell, Terry C (2000). America's First Air War: The United States Army, Naval and Marine Air Services in the First World War. MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 9780760309865.