 A military cemetery was created at Kilchoman where the dead from both nations in the latter disaster were buried (all but one of the American bodies later exhumed and returned home).During World War II, the RAF built an airfield at Glenegedale which later became the civil airport for Islay.There was also an RAF Coastal Command flying boat base at Bowmore from 13 March 1941 using Loch Indaal.