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Bowmore (Seaplane) (Islay)

Major
Also known as: Loch Indaal / RAF Bowmore
County: Argyll and Bute
Current Status: Moorings
Date: September 1940 - March 1946
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / RCAF
Landing Surface Types: Water
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
  • Bowmore Distillery                    
  • Islay Community Council
  • The Round Church, Bowmore

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 119 Sqn

  • No 246 Sqn

  • No 422 Sqn

  • ‘G’ Flight

Documentary about Coastal Command, featuring Bowmore, 1942. Courtesy of PeriscopeFilm

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