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RAF Perranporth

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Airport type
  
Military

Location
  
Perranporth

Elevation AMSL
  
ft / 97 m

Year built
  
1940

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

In use
  
1941-1945

05/23
  
0

Owner
  
Air Ministry

RAF Perranporth

RAF Perranporth was an RAF airfield situated near Perranporth, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.

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History

The 330 acre (134 hectares) airfield was built as an RAF Supermarine Spitfire station in World War II in 1941 and is situated on Cligga cliffs in the north of Cornwall.

Rare 1942 film footage of RAF pilots and Spitfires at RAF Perranporth is shown on the BBC website.

Units

  • No. 19 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 65 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 66 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 118 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 130 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 132 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 183 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 234 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 276 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 286 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 302 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 310 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 317 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 329 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 340 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 341 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 412 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 453 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 602 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 610 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 639 Squadron RAF.

    • Current use

    The airfield was later converted to civilian use as Perranporth Airfield; it currently has three hard surface runways and two grass strips.

    References

    RAF Perranporth Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA