RAF Carew Cheriton
Former Royal Air Force station in Pembrokeshire, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Royal Air Force Carew Cheriton, or more simply RAF Carew Cheriton, is a former Royal Air Force station located near Carew, Pembrokeshire. It was situated 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north west of Tenby.
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Carew, Pembrokeshire in Wales | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°41′23″N 004°48′39″W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
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Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
Controlled by | RAF Coastal Command 1939-1942 *No. 15 Group RAF RAF Flying Training Command 1942 *No. 25 Group RAF RAF Technical Training Command 1942-1945 *No. 27 Group RAF (1944) | ||||||||||
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Built | 1938 (1938) | ||||||||||
In use | 1938-1945 (1945) | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
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Elevation | 28 metres (92 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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It covered and more, the same site of the First World War airship station, RNAS Pembroke (aka Milton), which had been decommissioned and sold off by the Admiralty during the Interwar period. It opened in the 1939, for RAF Coastal Command. The station was transferred to RAF Technical Training Command in 1942 and closed in 1945.[1]