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Strathroy House, Co. Tyrone: Omagh’s Forgotten Airfield

Towards the end of the war, an airfield was set up on the outskirts of Omagh, in County Tyrone. Their mission was to search for U-Boats, secretly however, they had a different agenda - to spy on and disrupt Nationalist meetings.
Will Leitch reports.

Location: Strathroy House, BT9 7JE
Image: Airfield at Strathroy House 1918
Image courtesy of Ernie Cromie

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