RNAS Ballyhalbert
| RNAS Ballyhalbert HMS Corncrake | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Ballyhalbert, County Down | |
  RNAS Ballyhalbert HMS Corncrake | |
| Coordinates | 54°29′46″N 5°28′12″W / 54.496°N 5.470°W |
| Type | Fleet Air Arm base |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Admiralty |
| Controlled by |
Royal Navy |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1940 |
| In use | 1941-1947 |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Fleet Air Arm |
RNAS Ballyhalbert (later HMS Corncrake) was an airfield near Ballyhalbert, in North (County) Down, Northern Ireland during the Second World War, used by the Royal Air Force in the defence of Belfast and, later, by the Royal Navy, when it was a naval air station commissioned as HMS Corncrake.
Aircraft types using the airfield included the Supermarine Seafire, and airmen from Australia, New Zealand and Poland were based there. The graves of deceased servicemen from the airbase can be found in the graveyard of Ballyhalbert Church.
Units
- 718 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 725 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 768 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 784 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 787 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 800 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 808 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 812 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 827 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 880 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 882 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 885 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 887 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 894 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 899 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 1840 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 1846 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 3rd Naval Fighter Wing.[1]