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A Guide to the history of British flying sites within the United Kingdom

GRAMPOUND: Military airstrip

Local view

Local area view

Area view

The local view was obtained from Google Earth © and the local area and area views are from my Google Earth © derived database.

Military user: U.S. First Army ‘V’ Corps, 190th Field Artillery Group

Location: Just E of Grampound, and just S of the A390, about 6nm W of St Austell and 8nm E of Truro

Period of operation: 1944/5 only?

NOTES: It appears that two Piper L-4 Grasshoppers were based here. Without much doubt U.S. Army troops were based here in the run-up to D-Day.