RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet)&sq=&lang=&file=File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg){kind=small} &sq=&lang=&file=File:Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg){kind=small} | |||||||||||
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| Eglinton, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland | |||||||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Target_Dossier_for_Eglinton,_Londonderry,_England_-_DPLA_-_de97b70aa043b5bee3fb2d966c1c6eb4_(page_3).jpg) RNAS Eglinton on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1941 | |||||||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg)  RNAS Eglinton Shown within Northern Ireland &sq=&lang=&file=File:United_Kingdom_adm_location_map.svg) RNAS Eglinton RNAS Eglinton (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°02′35″N 007°09′34″W / 55.04306°N 7.15944°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Navy Air Station | ||||||||||
| Code | QN[1] | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces Royal Navy | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-42 * No. 13 Group RAF Eighth Air Force 1942-43 Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940/41 | ||||||||||
| Built by | Stewart Partners Ltd | ||||||||||
| In use | April 1941 - September 1966 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II South West Pacific theatre of World War II Cold War | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 8 metres (26 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton (RNAS Eglinton, also known as HMS Gannet) was a Royal Navy airbase located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) north east of Eglinton, in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It opened as a Royal Air Force Station (RAF Eglinton) in 1941, before being transferred to the Fleet Air Arm in May 1943.
The airfield was operational between 1941 and 1966.
- ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 89.