The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Ronaldsway / HMS Urley

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Information. Before 1939 Ronaldsway was the main civil aerodrome on the Isle of Man, in 1940 the site was requisitioned as RAF Ronaldsway. The base was used for ground to air gunnery training. In 1943, the aerodrome was handed over to the Fleet Air Arm continuing as a training restablishment. The base was renamed "HMS Urley" (Manx Gaelic for Eagle) and facilities were expanded to accomodate 2,000 personnel, training to become Torpedo Bomber crews. The Fairey Barracuda was teh main training aircraft used and many accidents occured. Civilian aviation continued through out the war alongside the military activities. In 1946 the airfield fully reverted to its civilian role which continues to this day. The Manx Aviation and Military Museum opened on the site in Novemember 2000, housed in the Fleet Air Arm buildings. Photographs If you have any Photographs you would like to share please get in touch. List of those who served. If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to an airfield or aircrew, please get in touch. Send an E-mail to The Wartime Memories Project Links Manx Aviation Preservation Society (MAPS) Airfields Index The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation. This website is run out of our own pockets and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Or by cheque to: PO Box 325, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1XL. Website and ALL Material © Copyright MM - All Rights Reserved