NAS Whiddy Island
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. NAS Whiddy Island was a US naval air station during the latter period of World War I. Located on Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, it was also known as Bantry Bay Station. The base was built by local contractors. The first US personnel arrived on 12 March 1918 and flight operations began on 25 September 1918. The base operated under wartime conditions for only seven weeks and was closed on 15 February 1919. The base was toward the east end of the…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. NAS Whiddy Island was a US naval air station during the latter period of World War I. Located on Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, it was also known as Bantry Bay Station. The base was built by local contractors. The first US personnel arrived on 12 March 1918 and flight operations began on 25 September 1918. The base operated under wartime conditions for only seven weeks and was closed on 15 February 1919. The base was toward the east end of the island. It was used by seaplanes, which monitored the area south of Kinsale (where the Lusitania had been torpedoed) for submarine activity. The planes took off and landed in Bantry Bay and were pulled up a concrete ramp to the airfield for servicing and storage. Another WWI US naval air station in Ireland was in County Wexford, NAS Wexford.