# RAF Cluntoe

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{{Short description|Former RAF station in County Tyrone}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name = RAF Cluntoe<br>USAAF Station 238
| ensign = 90px 60px
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| native_name = 
| partof = <!-- for elements within a larger site -->
| location = [Ardboe](/source/Ardboe), [County Tyrone](/source/County_Tyrone)
| nearest_town = <!-- used in military test site infobox -->
| country = Northern Ireland
| image = 
| alt = 
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| image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields -->
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| type = Satellite Station
| coordinates = {{coord|54|37|19|N|006|32|07|W|region:GB_type:airport}}
| pushpin_map = Northern Ireland#UK
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Northern Ireland
| pushpin_label = RAF Cluntoe
| pushpin_label_position = 
| ownership = [Air Ministry](/source/Air_Ministry)  
| operator = [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force)<br>[United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces)
| controlledby = <!-- such as RAF Bomber Command or the Eighth Air Force -->
| open_to_public = <!-- for out of use sites/sites with museums etc -->
| site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox -->
| site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities – radar types etc -->  
| site_area = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc -->
| code = <!--facility/installation code, applies to US -->
| built = {{Start date|1940}}-42
| used = 1942-{{End date|1959}}
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| length = <!-- for border fences or other DMZs -->
| fate = <!--changed from demolished parameter-->
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| battles = [European theatre of World War II](/source/European_theatre_of_World_War_II)
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| garrison = <!-- such as the 25th Bombardment Group -->
| occupants = <!-- squadrons only -->
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| TC = 
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| elevation = {{Convert|25|m|0}}
| r1-number = 00/00
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| r1-surface = Concrete
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}}
'''Royal Air Force Cluntoe''' or more simply '''RAF Cluntoe''' is a former [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) satellite airfield located {{Convert|1|mi}} west of [Ardboe](/source/Ardboe), [County Tyrone](/source/County_Tyrone), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland) and {{Convert|8.4|mi}} east of [Cookstown](/source/Cookstown), County Tyrone.

==History==

Construction of Cluntoe was started during December 1940, however it was not completed until July 1942. Cluntoe was planned for a RAF [Operational Training Unit](/source/Operational_Training_Unit) but when it was opened, it was only used as an emergency landing ground. This changed on 30 August 1943, when the airfield was transferred to [United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces) (USAAF) and was called "USAAF Station 238".<ref name="CT">{{cite web|url=http://controltowers.co.uk/C/Cluntoe.htm |title=RAF Cluntoe Airfield |publisher=Control Towers|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref>

No. 4 Combat Crew Replacement Center was opened during November 1943 which trained [Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress](/source/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress) crews with [Consolidated B-24 Liberator](/source/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator)s being added during February 1944. During March 1944 it was designated No. 2 CCRC and was closed during November 1944.<ref name="CT"/>
 
Afterwards it was transferred back to the RAF, but was closed during June 1945. Although the airfield was refurbished and reopened during February 1953 to be used by [No. 2 Flying Training School RAF](/source/No._2_Flying_Training_School_RAF), this only stayed until June 1954, whereupon the unit moved to [RAF Hullavington](/source/RAF_Hullavington). The airfield was finally closed in 1955.<ref name="CT"/>

A soccer team of the same name competed in the Mid Ulster League during the 1953/54 season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/|title=Northern Whig|date=8 October 1953|via=The British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

==Current use==

The site is now called Ardboe Business Park.<ref name="ABCT">{{cite web|url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/cluntoe|title=Cluntoe |publisher=[Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust](/source/Airfields_of_Britain_Conservation_Trust)|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Royal Air Force stations in Northern Ireland
Category:World War II sites in Northern Ireland
Category:Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
Category:Military airbases established in 1942
Category:Military airbases closed in 1955

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