RAF Dundonald was World War II RAF airfield located to the north of Dundonald. The site lies to the west of B730 between Dundonald and Drybridge. The airfield began as a simple emergency landing ground with grass airstrips, also known as Bogside, and served as a reserve landing ground for No 12 Elementary Flying Training School based at nearby Prestwick, but was later to become the home of 516 Combined Operations Squadron.The main runway at Dundonald was reconstructed in autumn 1943, and was used for exercises in advance of the Normandy landing on June 6, 1944. On September 2 1944 the station was placed on a care and maintenance. On August 1, 1945 the airfield was officially closed, but the site was retained by the Army. Now farmland, the runways can still be traced in the fields.
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