Cluntoe
Note: Some time ago I made this comment: This map gives only a general location within the UK. If anybody can provide a more exact location, this will be very welcome.
In January 2017 I was kindly contacted by Peter Vercruijsee who provided an exact location.
CLUNTOE: Military RAF aerodrome later Royal Naval Air Station (1948 Books of HMS GANNET)
Military users: Initially RAF, later Fleet Air Arm
Activities: Late in WW2: Care and Maintenance
Later used by 2 FTS (Flying Training School) (Percival Prentice & North American T-6 Harvards)
See comment below.
Location: Approx: 10nm WSW of Aldergrove & 10nm ESE of Cookstown
Period of operation: 1942 to 1955
Runways: WW2: 06/24 1828x46 hard 10/28 1280x46 hard
18/36 1280x46 hard
NOTES: I suppose it is stating the obvious to most, but for younger visitors to this 'Guide' perhaps it might be useful to explain that the reason so many 'Care & Maintenance' facilities were situated in Scotland, NW England and Northern Ireland was simply because they were further away from possible enemy bombing attacks.
J T Webster
This comment was written on: 2017-08-22 21:20:52I was one of the first trainee pilots of No. 2 FTS when it re-opened in 1953. We trained on Pecival Prentice and the on The North American Harvard.
Reply from Dick Flute:
Dear Mr Webster, Many thanks for this memory, which I shall keep posted. Best regards, Dick
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