Royal Air Force Maghaberry, or more simply RAF Maghaberry, 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 ...

satellite airfield located north of

Maghaberry Maghaberry or Magaberry (pronounced , ) is a village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is west of Lisburn and north of Moira. In the 2011 census it had a population of 4,716 people. It is one of the biggest villages within ...

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the c ...

, Northern Ireland. The site of former RAF Maghaberry was transformed into HM Prison Maghaberry.

History

The following units were here at some point: * No. 5 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) (February - September 1943) * Satellite Landing Ground for No. 23 Maintenance Unit RAF (January 1945 - October 1946) * 'A' Flight of No. 104 (Transport) OTU RAF (September - October 1943) * No. 231 Squadron RAF * No. 306 Ferry Training Unit RAF (June - October 1943) * No. 2775 Squadron RAF Regiment ;USAAF * 311th Ferry Squadron * 312th Ferry Squadron * 321st Air Transport Squadron * 325th Ferry Squadron

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