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Castle Archdale

Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh

The flying boat base whose crew found the Bismarck.

In the Second World War, RAF flying boats flew from Lough Erne to hunt U-boats over the Atlantic. Neutral Ireland secretly let them fly over Donegal, along the 'Donegal Corridor', to save time.

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When
1941–1945
Where
54.4800, -7.7200
Group
Secret bunkers & war sites

Visiting

Castle Archdale Country Park has a small museum about the base.

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