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RAF Haverfordwest

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Operator
  
Royal Air Force

Elevation
  
44 m

Owner
  
Air Ministry

In use
  
1943-1945 (1945)

Year built
  
1942

RAF Haverfordwest

Type
  
Royal Air Force station

03/21
  
1,460 metres (4,790 ft) Concrete

09/27
  
1,030 metres (3,379 ft) Concrete

16/34
  
1,080 metres (3,543 ft) Concrete

Royal Air Force Haverfordwest or more simply RAF Haverfordwest is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.1 miles (3.4 km) north of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and 11 miles (18 km) south of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Contents

It was operational between 1943 and 1945 and was controlled by No.17 Group of RAF Coastal Command.

History

The following units were here posted here at some point:

  • No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF.
  • No. 4 Refresher Flying Unit RAF.
  • No. 7 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF.
  • No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF.
  • No. 20 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF.
  • No. 21 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF.
  • No. 516 Squadron RAF.
  • General Reconnaissance Aircraft Preparation Pool.
  • Navigators ‘W’ Holding Course.
  • Polish Flight.

    • Current use

    The site is currently used by Haverfordwest Aerodrome, a public-use general aviation airport.

    References

    RAF Haverfordwest Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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