Royal Air Force Bowmore or more simply RAF Bowmore is a former

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...

seaplane station located in

Bowmore Bowmore (, 'Big Bend') is a small town on the Scottish island of Islay, situated on the banks of the sea loch, Loch Indaal. It serves as administrative capital of the island, and gives its name to the noted Bowmore distillery producing Bowmor ...

Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute (; , ) is one of 32 unitary authority, unitary council areas of Scotland, council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod ...

, Scotland. The following units were here at some point: * No. 119 Squadron RAF reformed here on 13 March 1941 and operated Short S.26M and Short S.23M,

Consolidated PBY Catalina The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (U.S. Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. In U.S. Army service, it was designated as the OA- ...

IB until 4 August 1941 *

No. 246 Squadron RAF No. 246 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. History First World War The squadron was formed at the former Royal Naval Air Station Seaton Carew, England on 18 August 1918 to provide coastal patrols. It was the only RAF squadron ...

reformed here on 5 August 1942 using

Short Sunderland The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat Maritime patrol aircraft, patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of ...

III's until 30 April 1943 when the squadron was disbanded *

No. 422 Squadron RCAF No. 422 Squadron RCAF was a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force, formed during World War II. ''422 General Reconnaissance Squadron'' formed at RAF Castle Archdale near Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, in April 1942. It was a flying-boat squadron, ...

between 8 May 1943 and 3 November 1943 operating Sunderland III's * ‘G’ Flight was disbanded here on 13 March 1941 and became No. 119 Squadron. The Flight operated S.23 and S.26's.

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