RAF Castle Archdale

RAF Castle Archdale

RAF Castle Archdale was a Royal Air Force station in County Fermanagh Northern Ireland.

WWII History

RAF Castle Archdale was used during World War Two by flying boats of the RAF. From Castle Archdale, PBY Catalinas and Short Sunderlands could patrol the North Atlantic for German U-boats. A secret agreement with the government of the Irish Free State allowed aircraft to fly from Lough Erne to the Atlantic, providing vital air cover from one of the most westerly RAF bases in the United Kingdom. "(See The Cranborne Report)."

Postwar

The base was closed after WWII and today is part of Castle Archdale Country Park. The concrete grounds for parking aircraft are now used as a caravan site and other buildings lie derelict and overgrown in the surrounding forest. A museum in the park grounds has a section devoted to the events there during WWII.

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