St Davids
St DAVIDS: Military aerodrome, Royal Naval Air Station
(1948 Books of HMS SEAHAWK later HMS VULTURE)
Note: This picture (2016) was obtained from Google Earth ©
Note: Very oddly, a look at the Wikipedia entry shows no mention of any Royal Navy activity. Could anybody kindly offer information to clear this anomoly up? In fact it now seems this airfield was only ever a RAF Coastal Command Station. Is this correct?
Other military users: WW2: RAF Coastal Command 19 (GR) Group
53 & 220 Sqdns (Consolidated B-24 Liberators)
58 & 502 Sqdns (Handley Page Halifaxs)
517 Sqdn (It appears they initially flew Handley Page Hampdens, then Handley Page Halifaxs, and finally the Boeing B-17 Fortress from here)
Location: N of A487 & Nine Wells village, SE of A487, E of Whitchurch village, 11nm NW of HAVERFORDWEST airfield
Period of operation: 1943 to ? Still operational in 1985 it seems, and under RAF control
Runways: WW2: 09/27 1829x46 hard 04/22 1280x46 hard
14/32 1097x46 hard
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