Colan
County: | Cornwall |
Current Status: | Farmland |
Date: | Opened by 15 December 1941 - 5 October 1944 (approx) |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF |
Decoy Type(s): | QX, later Q |
Decoy Number(s): | 61(c) |
Colan operated as the third listed decoy airfield after Trelow Down and Tregonetha Down for St Eval during World War Two. The control shelter still survives.
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/12/2015):
- St Newlyn East Parish Council
Footage of decoy airfields Colan, Tregonetha Down and Trelow Down. Courtesy of Phil in Cornwall
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