RAF Talbenny

RAF Talbenny
Talbenny, Pembrokeshire in Wales
RAF Talbenny
Shown within Pembrokeshire
Coordinates 51°45′23″N 005°08′30″W / 51.75639°N 5.14167°W / 51.75639; -5.14167Coordinates: 51°45′23″N 005°08′30″W / 51.75639°N 5.14167°W / 51.75639; -5.14167
Type Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Air Force
Site history
Built 1941 (1941)/2
In use 1942-1946 (1946)
Airfield information
Elevation 70 metres (230 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Concrete
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Royal Air Force Talbenny or more simply RAF Talbenny is a former Royal Air Force station located 5.6 miles (9.0 km) north west of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) south west of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales

It was operational between May 1942 to December 1946.

History

The following units were here at some point:

On 29 January 1943, Brigadier Vivian Dykes, Director of Plans at the War Office between 1939 and 1941 and the Chief Combined Secretary British Joint Staff Mission Washington in 1942, along with 10 others, died on approach to RAF Talbenny on a flight from Casablanca.

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Talbenny". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 78.
  3. 1 2 Jefford 1988, p. 85.

Bibliography

  • Jefford MBE, Wg Cdr C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
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