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Encyclopedia > RAF Long Kesh

RAF Long Kesh was a Royal Air Force station near Lisburn, Northern Ireland from 1941, until 1971.


Various aircraft operated from the base during World War II including the Supermarine Seafire and Spitfire. Long Kesh was a target in Operation Grün (Ireland), a second front to Operation Sealion which was the planned Nazi invasion of Britain. Long Kesh was to be destroyed by German paratroopers while Aldergrove, Nutts Corner and Langford Lodge were to be captured.


From 1971 the then disused base became the Long Kesh Detention Centre. It was here that republican and nationalists were interned following raids on August 9, 1971 when security forces launched dawn raid to arrest 452 known or suspected members of the IRA. From 1976 this makeshift structures were abandoned in favour of the newly built H-Blocks in what became the Maze Prison.


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NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: RAF Long Kesh (157 words)
RAF Long Kesh was a Royal Air Force station near Lisburn, Northern Ireland from 1941, until 1971.
Long Kesh was a target in Operation Grün (Ireland), a second front to Operation Sealion which was the planned Nazi invasion of Britain.
Long Kesh was to be destroyed by German paratroopers while Aldergrove, Nutts Corner and Langford Lodge were to be captured.
Long Kesh air base (856 words)
Aircraft based at Long Kesh and RAF Aldergrove provided back-up to security forces on the ground during some of the worst years of the troubles.
Long Kesh functioned as a helicopter base for much of the 1970's.
At first Long Kesh was used by a mixture of Scout and Sioux helicopters but from 1976 onwards these gave way to a regular rotation of six Scouts and six Gazelles.
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