Airfield of the Week - Castle Archdale

Nearly all the aircraft on strength with three Coastal Command squadrons are visible here, drawn up out of the water at Castle Archdale as Lough Erne froze over in January 1945. © IWM (CH 14837)

Castle Archdale was a major flying boat base from 1941. Read more and see more photographs here.

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