RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail)
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rnas-burscough-hms-ringtail-293-14632128
title:
RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail)
text:
Royal Naval Air Station Burscough, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air station which was 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Burscough, Lancashire. The Admiralty acquired 650 acres (2.6 km2) of land in December 1942 and the airfield was built with four narrow runways and several hangars, being commissioned on 1 September 1943. It was used to train for landing aircraft on aircraft carriers. Specifically, according to Aldon P. Ferguson's book Lancashire Airfields in the Second World War: "it was const
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description:
WW2 naval airfield near Burscough, West Lancashire, UK.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAS_Burscough_(HMS_Ringtail)
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date modified:
2023-10-28T05:46:34Z
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