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Gwavas, Helston

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Coordinates: 50°07′01″N 5°16′59″W / 50.117°N 5.283°W / 50.117; -5.283
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Gwavas is a hamlet in the parish of Sithney. Gwavas is adjoining Lowertown-by-Helston. The hamlet is a rural farming hamlet which once had a shop (now closed down). Gwavas is 1.5 miles South-West of Helston. The hamlet is most famous for its German plane crash which happened in WWII when a farmer here heard a loud noise and went out to find a plane crashed into his field. His wife made the German men cups of tea while the farmer went in and cleaned the mans clothes and Whistle.

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50°07′01″N 5°16′59″W / 50.117°N 5.283°W / 50.117; -5.283

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