RAF Harrowbeer
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Aircraft and personnel required for a WWII Air/Sea rescue operation
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Yelverton, Devon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
| In use | 1941-1950 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 RAF Harrowbeer
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RAF Harrowbeer is former Royal Air Force airfield situated next to Yelverton in the parish of Buckland Monachorum, Devon England
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Location
RAF Harrowbeer was located approximately 9 miles (14 km) NNE of the city of Plymouth and approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Tavistock, and also sits within the boundary of Dartmoor National Park. Although sited near the village of Yelverton, it was called 'Harrowbeer' in order to distinguish it from the similar-sounding RNAS Yeovilton. The airfield was under the control of No. 10 Group RAF and was never assigned a station badge.
The former Ravenscroft School became the officers' mess.[2]
Based units
The airfield opened in May 1941. It closed following the end of World War II.[3][4]
A large number of units used the airfield at some point, such as:
- No. 1 Squadron RAF.[5]
- No. 19 Squadron RAF.[4]
- No. 26 Squadron RAF.[6]
- No. 64 Squadron RAF.[7]
- No. 126 Squadron RAF.[8]
- No. 130 Squadron RAF.[9]
- No. 131 Squadron RAF.[9]
- No. 165 Squadron RAF.[4]
- No. 175 Squadron RAF.[10]
- No. 183 Squadron RAF.[11]
- No. 193 Squadron RAF.[12]
- No. 263 Squadron RAF.[13]
- No. 266 Squadron RAF.[14]
- No. 275 Squadron RAF.[15]
- No. 276 Squadron RAF.[15]
- No. 286 Squadron RAF.[4]
- No. 302 Squadron RAF.[16]
- No. 312 Squadron RAF.[17]
- No. 329 Squadron RAF.[18]
- No. 414 Squadron RCAF.[19]
- No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron.[20]
- No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron.[21]
- No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron.[22]
- No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron.[22]
- No. 691 Squadron RAF.[4]
- 834 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
- 838 Naval Air Squadron.[1]
Other units
- Force 135 (RAF Element).[1]
- No. 229 Maintenance Unit RAF.[1]
- No. 82 Gliding Squadron.[1]
- No. 19 Group Comms Flight.[1]
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ RAF HARROWBEER YELVERTON Miscellaneous Information
- ↑ "The History of RAF Harrowbeer" Retrieved on 7 November 2008
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 23.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 33.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 45.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 58.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jefford 1988, p. 59.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 65.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 66.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 67.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 80.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 81.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Jefford 1988, p. 82.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 84.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 86.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 87.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 90.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 94.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 99.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Jefford 1988, p. 100.
Bibliography
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