RAF Talbenny

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
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1941/2
In use	1942-1946
Airfield information
Elevation	70 metres (230 ft) AMSL
Runways
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete

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:

No. 3 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit.^[1]
No. 4 AP Camp.^[1]
No. 11 FU.^[1]
No. 248 Squadron RAF with Bristol Beaufighter VIC's.^[2]
No. 303 FT Unit.^[1]
No. 304 Squadron RAF with Vickers Wellington IC's.^[3]
No. 311 Squadron RAF with Vickers Wellington IC's.^[3]
Coastal Command Development Unit.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Talbenny". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 78.
^ ^a ^b 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.

External links

Site history and description

[ABCT-1] "Talbenny". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198878-2] Jefford 1988, p. 78.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198885-3] Jefford 1988, p. 85.

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