RAF Bowmore

55°45′26″N 6°17′17″W / 55.75722°N 6.28806°W / 55.75722; -6.28806Site informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Coastal CommandSite historyBuilt1940 (1940)In use1940-1946 (1946)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II

Royal Air Force Bowmore or more simply RAF Bowmore is a former Royal Air Force seaplane station located in Bowmore, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• No. 119 Squadron RAF reformed here on 13 March 1941 and operated Short S.26M and Short S.23M, Consolidated PBY Catalina IB until 4 August 1941^[2]
• No. 246 Squadron RAF reformed here on 5 August 1942 using Short Sunderland III's until 30 April 1943 when the squadron was disbanded^[3]
• No. 422 Squadron RCAF between 8 May 1943 and 3 November 1943 operating Sunderland III's^[4]
• ‘G’ Flight was disbanded here on 13 March 1941 and became No. 119 Squadron. The Flight operated S.23 and S.26's.^[5]

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• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.