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MOD Sealand (formerly RAF Sealand), is a Ministry of Defence installation in Flintshire, in the northeast corner of Wales, close to the border with England. It was a Royal Air Force station, active between 1916 and 2006. Under defence cuts announced in 2004, RAF Sealand was completely closed in April 2006.
A view in Sealand, Flintshire, Wales. Fertile market gardening land. In 1700 it was tidal sand and mud flat. Sealand [1] is a community in Flintshire and electoral ward, north-east Wales, on the edge of the Wirral peninsula. It is west of the city of Chester, England, and is part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border.
The station was opened in June 1923 by the London and North Eastern Railway.It was situated to the east of the RAF base. It had no other amenities besides platforms. Nothing was timetabled to stop there originally but it was shown in a 1947 timetable, showing that it was for military use
Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Lake, Alan (1999). Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
Underground munitions storage and RAF Mountain Rescue Team for the Peak District at RAF Harpur Hill 1939–1960. No. 29 MU RAF High Ercall between 1 October 1940 and 1 March 1957. [44] No. 48 SLG No. 46 SLG No. 21 SLG Aircraft Storage Unit No. 30 MU RAF Sealand between 1 August 1939 and 15 March 1951. [45]
Sealand, in Flintshire, Wales, was the final station on the former Chester & Connah's Quay Railway between Chester Northgate in Cheshire, England and Hawarden Bridge in Flintshire. Services also passed through this station before joining the North Wales and Liverpool Railway .
DARA Electronics - RAF Sealand in Deeside, Flintshire; DARA Components - Almondbank: provides the capability for repair, modification and testing of an extensive range of hydraulic and transmission components found in both air and land systems for the UK MOD and civilian applications. This business also branched into the commercial sector (See ...
The dead included two RAF crew, one USAF serviceman and one civilian contractor of dual French/British nationality. [93] [94] 2018. 20 March 2018 - Hawk T1 XX204 [95] aircraft on the Red Arrows team crashed shortly after takeoff at RAF Valley at about 1:30 pm. The pilot was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after ejecting from the plane.