{{Short description|Former Royal Air Force station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military installation | name = RAF Maghaberry<BR>No. 101 Storage Sub-Site | ensign = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg | ensign_size = 90px | native_name = | partof = <!-- for elements within a larger site --> | location = Maghaberry, County Antrim | nearest_town = <!-- used in military test site infobox --> | country = Northern Ireland | image = Target Dossier for Maghaberry, Down, Northern Ireland - DPLA - 99eb9862698babae597ea764d49784de (page 3).jpg | alt = | caption = RAF Maghaberry on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1941 | image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields --> | alt2 = | caption2 = | type = Satellite Station | coordinates = {{Coord|54|30|56|N|6|10|49|W|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Northern Ireland#UK | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Northern Ireland | pushpin_label = RAF Maghaberry | pushpin_label_position = | ownership = Air Ministry | operator = Royal Air Force<BR>United States Army Air Forces | controlledby = RAF Flying Training Command | 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}}-41 | used = 1941-{{End date|1950}} | builder = | materials = | height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level --> | length = <!-- for border fences or other DMZs --> | fate = <!--changed from demolished parameter--> | condition = | battles = European theatre of World War II | events = | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = <!-- such as the 25th Bombardment Group --> | occupants = <!-- squadrons only --> | designations = | website = | footnotes = <!-- catchall in case it's needed to preserve something in infobox that doesn't work in new code --> <!-- begin airfield information --> | IATA = | ICAO = | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | elevation = <!-- {{Convert| |m|0}} --> | r1-number = | r1-length = <!-- {{Convert| |m|0}} --> | r1-surface = | h1-number = | h1-length = <!-- {{Convert| |m|0}} --> | h1-surface = | airfield_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | airfield_other = <!-- for other sorts of airfield facilities --> <!-- end airfield information --> }} '''Royal Air Force Maghaberry''', or more simply '''RAF Maghaberry''', is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield located north of Maghaberry, County Antrim, 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){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=234}} * Satellite Landing Ground for No. 23 Maintenance Unit RAF (January 1945 - October 1946){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=205}} * 'A' Flight of No. 104 (Transport) OTU RAF (September - October 1943){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=244}} * No. 231 Squadron RAF<ref name="ABCT">{{cite web|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/maghaberry/ |title=Maghaberry |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref> * No. 306 Ferry Training Unit RAF (June - October 1943){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=116}} * No. 2775 Squadron RAF Regiment<ref name="ABCT"/> ;USAAF * 311th Ferry Squadron * 312th Ferry Squadron * 321st Air Transport Squadron * 325th Ferry Squadron
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===Bibliography=== *{{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=R|last2=Hamlin|first2=J|last3=Halley|first3=J|title=Royal Air Force flying training and support units |year=1997 |publisher= Air-Britain (Historians)|location= UK|isbn=0-85130-252-1}}
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