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ICAO
GB-0400
Elevation
65 ft
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Location
Lamb Holm, Orkney Islands · SCT · United Kingdom
Position
58.888°, -2.892° · 65 ft elev.
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Historic wartime airfield on a small Orkney island.
Location
Lamb Holm, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Lamb Holm Airfield is a former military airfield located on Lamb Holm, a small island in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was constructed during World War II as part of the British military infrastructure in the Orkney archipelago, which was strategically important for operations in the North Sea.
The island of Lamb Holm is perhaps best known today for the Italian Chapel, built by Italian prisoners of war who were held there during World War II. The airfield itself is no longer in active commercial or military use and is considered a historical site. It carries the ICAO identifier GB-0400 but has no assigned IATA code.
Getting to & from
Lamb Holm is accessible via the Churchill Barriers, causeways constructed during World War II linking several of the southern Orkney islands to Mainland Orkney.
Notable facts
- ›Lamb Holm is a small tidal island in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
- ›The airfield was established during World War II for military purposes.
- ›The island is famous for the Italian Chapel, built by Italian POWs during WWII.
- ›The airfield has no IATA code and is not used for commercial aviation.
- ›Access to the island is via the Churchill Barriers, wartime causeways.
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