RAF Mullaghmore
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox military installation Royal Air Force Mullaghmore or more simply RAF Mullaghmore is a former Royal Air Force station located Template:Convert southwest of Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and Template:Convert northeast of Garvagh, County Londonderry.
History
It was a United States Army Air Forces 8th Air Force Composite Command base until being passed to the Royal Air Force in May 1944 for use as a training establishment.<ref name="CT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Between December 1943 and February 1944 the airfield was used the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)'s 6th Replacement and Training Squadron (Bombardment) and the 6th Combat Crew Replacement Centre before the unit moved to RAF Cheddington. The airfield was then used for storage until May 1944.<ref name="CT"/>
The following units were based there:
- No. 4 Refresher Flying Unit RAF<ref name="ABCT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- No. 7 (Coastal) OTU<ref name="ABCT"/> flying Vickers Wellingtons between December 1942 and January 1944
- No. 104 (Transport) OTU<ref name="ABCT"/> arrived from RAF Maghaberry flying Vickers Wellingtons between October 1943 and January 1944<ref name="CT"/>
- No. 281 Squadron RAF<ref name="ABCT"/>
- 815 Naval Air Squadron<ref name="ABCT"/>
- 825 Naval Air Squadron<ref name="ABCT"/>
- 842 Naval Air Squadron<ref name="ABCT"/>
- 850 Naval Air Squadron<ref name="ABCT"/>
- 1771 Naval Air Squadron<ref name="ABCT"/>
- Loran Training Unit RAF (October 1944 – April 1945)Template:Sfn
The airfield was closed and placed on care and maintenance during May 1945.<ref name="CT"/>
Current use
The airfield, now in private hands, is used as a microlight base known locally as Aghadowey Aerodrome.<ref name="ABCT"/> Other uses include a racing circuit built on one of the old runways and a short-oval track hosting Stock car and Banger racing on selected weekends.