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Property	Value
rdf:type	Airport
rdfs:label	RAF Sumburgh
rdfs:comment	RAF Sumburgh was located on the southern tip of the mainland island of the Shetland Islands, and was home to half of No. 404 Squadron RCAF, (Royal Canadian Air Force). At the outbreak of the Second World War the airstrip at the Sumburgh Links was taken over by the Air Ministry. By 1941 there were 3 operational runways at RAF Sumburgh from which a variety of RAF aircraft operated.
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Name	RAF Sumburgh
r1-surface	Asphalt
Type	Military
lats	53
r2-length-f	0
longEW	W
Reference	Jefford, C.G, MBE, BA, RAF . RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
pushpin map	Scotland Shetland
r3-length-m	0
r2-length-m	0
r3-number	0
pushpin map caption	Location in the Shetland Islamds
r1-number	0
Operator	Royal Air Force
coordinates region	GB
latNS	N
used	1939
coordinates type	airport
longd	1
r2-number	0
Owner	Air Ministry
Location	Sumburgh, Shetland Islands
abstract	RAF Sumburgh was located on the southern tip of the mainland island of the Shetland Islands, and was home to half of No. 404 Squadron RCAF, (Royal Canadian Air Force). At the outbreak of the Second World War the airstrip at the Sumburgh Links was taken over by the Air Ministry. By 1941 there were 3 operational runways at RAF Sumburgh from which a variety of RAF aircraft operated.