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    Force St Eval or RAF St Eval was a Royal Air Force station for the RAF Coastal Command, southwest of Padstow in Cornwall, England, UK. St Eval's primary...
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    was acquired by compulsory purchase in 1938 to build an RAF Coastal Command Station, RAF St Eval. Many buildings were demolished leaving only the Norman...
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  • tasks. It disbanded on 30 September 1946 at RAF St Eval. The squadron reformed again on 1 July 1954 at St Eval, equipped with the Avro Shackleton as a maritime...
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    being the worst of all the Shackleton losses. No. 42 sqn re-formed at RAF St Eval in 1952 with Shackleton MR1 reconnaissance aircraft. The squadron was...
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    206 Squadron at RAF St Eval, moved to RAF St Mawgan in 1956, moved back to RAF St Eval in 1958, disbanded in 1959. No. 240 Squadron RAF – 1952–1958, formed...
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    the first unit arrived on 15 September 1944 was No. 224 Squadron from RAF St. Eval, flying the Consolidated Liberator GR.VI. The squadron flew patrols searching...
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  • convoy patrols as No. 200 Squadron RAF. Detachments also operated from bases such as RAF St Eval in Cornwall and RAF Aldergrove in County Antrim. On 25...
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    Communication Flight RAF operated with various aircraft RAF St Eval No. 217 Squadron RAF operated with Bristol Beaufort No. 53 Squadron RAF operated with Bristol...
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  • officially moved to both Norfolk (RAF Docking) and Cornwall, where a maintenance station was set up at RAF St Eval. Until 1944 the squadron's main role...
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    named RAF Trebelzue, initially as a satellite of nearby RAF St Eval, but was expanded with twin concrete runways. In February 1943 it was renamed RAF St. Mawgan...
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  • September 1946. It operated Lancaster GR.3s from RAF St Eval until September 1952, then moved to RAF Topcliffe, re-equipping with Neptune MR.1 aircraft...
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  • Washington, D.C. in 1950 and Station Commander, RAF St Eval in 1954. He went on to be Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1956 and Air Officer...
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    RAF Tangmere, RAF Warmwell and RAF Bicester until October 1939. In October 1939, No. 217 Squadron moved to its brand-new war station at RAF St Eval on...
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    maintenance of their aircraft were almost nonexistent. Lack of hangar space at RAF St Eval forced them to perform major maintenance outside during the winter. A...
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    Castlemartin Training Area. No. 217 Squadron RAF based at RAF St Eval, operated a detachment of Avro Anson I aircraft at RAF Carew Cheriton from the 2 October 1939...
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  • Squadron RAF was a meteorological squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. No. 517 Squadron was formed on 11 August 1943 at RAF St Eval, Cornwall...
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  • and 10 February 1941 flying the Gloster Gladiator II before moving to RAF St Eval on 10 February 1941 however after seven days the squadron moved back...
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    The 1943 RAF Hudson crash was an aerial accident that killed two people. The aircraft crashed in a forced landing attempt near RAF St Eval, Cornwall,...
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    St Eval and 10 OTU was transferred to No. 91 Group RAF. On June 20, 1943, in the Bay of Biscay, one of a pair of Whitleys operated by 10 OTU from St....
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  • staff at RAF Middle East and then in the Directorate of Plans at the Air Ministry. He continued his war service as Station Commander at RAF St Eval from 1942...
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  • 1 Squadron RAF Regiment No. II Squadron RAF Regiment No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment (C-UAS) No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment No...
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  • south east of Haugesund. The squadron moved to Limavady in April 1941, and St Eval in December 1941. In February 1942 it returned to Limavady and moved to...
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  • on 15 October 1947. On 28 June 1952, No. 42 Squadron was reformed at RAF St. Eval, Cornwall, flying Avro Shackleton MR.1s in the maritime reconnaissance...
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    England, and No. 217 Squadron, based at RAF St Eval, in Cornwall, England, which also operated a flight out of RAF Carew Cheriton, situated in Pembrokeshire...
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    or U-1191. From 19 September 1944 it was based at RAF Benbecula, from 5 March 1945 at RAF St Eval. On 2 April 1945 one Wellington sank U-321 with depth...
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  • from RAF Fighter Command to RAF Coastal Command, thereafter alternating between No. 16 Group RAF and No. 19 Group RAF. It moved to RAF St Eval, Cornwall...
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  • order of battle of RAF Coastal Command throughout the Second World War in the European Theatre of World War II. No. 15 Group RAF (GR), under command...
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    Battle of Britain, the defence of the UK's airspace was divided up within RAF Fighter Command into four Groups, each comprising several airfields and squadrons...
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  • twice loaned to RAF Coastal Command for anti-submarine operations in the Bay of Biscay. It was detached from its base in Rutland to St Eval in Cornwall,...
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    This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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