Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
RAF Greencastle
RAF Greencastle in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
RAF Greencastle is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
Royal Air Force Greencastle or more simply RAF Greencastle is a former Royal Air Force airfield located 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the fishing village of Kilkeel and took in a large part of Cranfield Bay. It was opened as an RAF bomber Operational Training Unit (OTU) in April 1942 but it was almost immediately transferred to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and renamed AAF Stn 237.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 54.0336, -6.0606
- Address
- Kilkeel, County Down
- Established
- 1942
Sources
- wikidata: Q7275352 (CC0)
- wikipedia: RAF Greencastle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is RAF Greencastle?
- RAF Greencastle is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
- When was RAF Greencastle built?
- Built or established in 1942.
- Who owns RAF Greencastle?
- RAF Greencastle is owned by Royal Air Force<BR>United States Army Air Forces.