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Air Station Eglinton (RNAS Eglinton, also known as HMS Gannet) was a Royal Navy airbase located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) north east of Eglinton, in County Londonderry...

Squadron RAF. In 1943 the airfield became a Fleet Air Arm base called RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet) and was home to No. 1847 Fleet Air Arm Squadron which provided...

variants. The 14th CAG moved to RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin), located 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east of Rosyth, Fife, and RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet), located 1.3...

- Formed at RNAS Eglinton. Administered 718, 794 and 795 Naval Air Squadrons at Eglinton. Disbanded during March 1947. Reformed at RNAS Culdrose (HMS...

carrier, HMS Venerable (R63). The 15th CAG reformed in May 1947, at RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet), in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, for embarkation...

3 June 1944 - 16 November 1945 5th Naval Fighter Wing - formed at RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet), in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, during December...

Airport, known as Eglinton airport, and formerly RAF Eglinton RAF Eglinton/RNAS Eglinton, a former Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton Country Park, North...

Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It last disbanded at HMS Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, Northern Ireland, in March 1949, having been formed as a Deck Landing...

Scotland, originally called Eglinton Street RAF Eglinton, a former Royal Air Force air base in Derry, Northern Ireland RNAS Eglinton, a former Royal Naval Air...

squadron to operate the Sea Mosquito T.R.33. The squadron departed for RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet), in March 1947. The station was next used by Airwork Services...

following the closure of nearby RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet), which was subsequently referred to by the Royal Navy as RNAS Ballykelly. In 1963, the runway...

Squadron, at HMS Heron, RNAS Yeovilton, during August 1940, although operated target tug aircraft out of the satellite, RNAS Haldon. In April 1943 it...

Gibraltar, at RAF North Front, Gibraltar, it returned to RNAS Lee-on-Solent. It moved to RNAS Eglinton in June 1951, and during the month of July in 1951 the...

squadron reformed in 1946 at HMS Owl, RNAS Fearn, as a Strike Training Squadron, before moving to HMS Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, where it became an Anti-submarine...

was the name assigned to RNAS Eglinton, a Fleet Air Arm base in Northern Ireland, between 1943 and 1959. HMS Gannet II or as RNAS Maydown (HMS Shrike) was...

Firefly aircraft. The squadron moved to RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet), located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) northeast of Eglinton, County Londonderry, in October 1945...

moved to RNAS Mackinnon Road, in Kenya, before disbanding during August 1943. It reformed as a Refresher Training Squadron at RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet)...

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. It reformed in April 1956 at HMS Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, Northern Ireland, as a Radar Jamming Trials Unit. It operated with...

Reliant (FK914) of 878 Naval Air Squadron was on a flight from RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet) to RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail) when it crashed into Sawel Mountain...

then served in the carrier HMS Theseus, and as commanding officer of RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet) in Northern Ireland. In 1952, he was promoted captain and...