Maydown
Major
| Also known as: | HMS Gannet II / HMS Shrike / Maydown Aerodrome / Maydown Industrial Estate / No 17 SLG / RAF Maydown / RAF Station, Maydown / RN Air Station, Maydown / RNAS Maydown |
| County: | Derry City |
| Current Status: | Industry |
| Date: | 14 April 1941 - 1947 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / FAA / USAAF |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Bang On The Door
- CPC Office Supplies Ltd
- Du Pont UK LImited
- GB Engineering
- Image Branding
- Marc-Five Ltd
- Maydown Precision Engineering Ltd
- Oakgrove Cabins
- Partridge Peartree Productions
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- North West Model Aircraft Club
Main unit(s) present:
- 2nd FS
- 97th FS
- No 231 Sqn
- No 744 Sqn
- No 794 Sqn
- No 804 Sqn
- No 813 Sqn
- No 816 Sqn
- No 819 Sqn
- No 821 Sqn
- No 822 Sqn
- No 824 Sqn
- No 825 Sqn
- No 831 Sqn
- No 832 Sqn
- No 833 Sqn
- No 836 Sqn
- No 838 Sqn
- No 840 Sqn
- No 842 Sqn
- No 845 Sqn
- No 846 Sqn
- No 848 Sqn
- No 849 Sqn
- No 850 Sqn
- No 852 Sqn
- No 853 Sqn
- No 856 Sqn
- No 860 Sqn
- No 1834 Sqn
- No 2707 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2754 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2756 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2836 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2850 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2851 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Combined Anti-Submarine Tactical School
Remains of the airfield at Maydown, 31 December 2005.
A surviving runway section at Maydown, 31 December 2005.
A surviving runway section at Maydown, 31 December 2005.
Plan of Maydown, c. 1940s. © Royal Navy Research Archive. Click here for more information.
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