St. Eval
| Also known as: | RAF St. Eval / RAF Station, St. Eval / St. Eval Aerodrome / St. Eval Kart Circuit / USAAF Station 129 |
| County: | Cornwall |
| Current Status: | Housing / Industry / Leisure activity / Public roads / RAF aerial site |
| Date: | October 1939 - 1960s |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RAF (Polish) / FAA / RCAF / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
| Prominent People: | Kenneth Campbell VC / John Pudney |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2019):
- Kernow Chocolate
- St. Ervan Parish Council
- St. Eval Parish Church - extremely strong RAF connections, RAF graves
- St. Eval Parish Council
- St. Mawgan-in-Pydar Parish Council
- Trevisker Primary School
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Newquay Auto Club
- Newquay Motor Club
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 PRU ‘A’ Flight
- No 1 PRU ‘B’ Flight
- No 1 PRU ‘C’ Flight
- No 1 PRU ‘D’ Flight
- No 2 AACU ‘C’ Flight
- 4th Anti-Submarine Sqn
- 6th Anti-Submarine Sqn
- No 6 CPF
- No 8 AACU
- No 10 OTU
- 19th Anti-Submarine Sqn
- No 19 Gp Comms Flight
- 22nd Anti-Submarine Sqn
- No 22 Sqn
- No 23 ACHU
- No 42 Sqn
- No 48 Sqn
- No 53 Sqn
- No 58 Sqn
- No 59 Sqn
- No 61 Sqn
- No 67 MU
- No 86 Sqn
- No 95 EGS / SW95 EGS
- No 95 GS
- No 140 Sqn
- No 143 Sqn
- No 161 Sqn
- No 179 Sqn
- No 179X Sqn
- No 179Y Sqn
- No 203 Sqn
- No 206 Sqn
- No 210 Sqn
- No 217 Sqn
- No 220 Sqn
- No 221 Sqn
- No 224 Sqn
- No 224X Sqn
- No 224Y Sqn
- No 228 Sqn
- No 233 Sqn
- No 234 Sqn
- No 235 Sqn
- No 236 Sqn
- No 238 Sqn
- No 240 Sqn
- No 247 Sqn
- No 248 Sqn
- No 254 Sqn
- No 263 Sqn
- No 279 Sqn
- No 280 Sqn
- No 282 Sqn
- No 304 Sqn
- No 404 Met Flight
- No 407 Sqn
- 409th BS
- No 415 Sqn
- 479th Anti-Submarine Group
- No 489 Sqn
- No 500 Sqn
- No 502 Sqn
- No 517 Sqn
- No 541 Sqn
- No 543 Sqn
- No 547 Sqn
- No 612 Sqn
- No 626 GS
- No 796 Sqn
- No 801 Sqn
- No 807 Sqn
- No 812 Sqn
- No 816 Sqn
- No 820 Sqn
- No 827 Sqn
- No 829 Sqn
- No 833 Sqn
- No 849 Sqn
- No 1404 Met Flight
- No 2731 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2738 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2782 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) Flight
- Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
- Signals Development Unit
- Towed Target Flight, St Eval
Aerial view of St Eval, 18 July 1942. © IWM (HU 92963)
A kart track at St. Eval, to the north-west of the site, 2 September 2005.
Standby Set House at St. Eval, 4 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
A Squash Court at St. Eval, 4 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
Unknown building at St. Eval, 4 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
Unknown building at St. Eval, 4 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
Film includes footage of tests of a pilotless supersonic rocket aircraft at St. Eval, using a de Havilland Mosquito, 1947. Courtesy of British Pathé
Footage of an air-sea rescue being carried out from St. Eval, 1949. Courtesy of British Pathé
The Duke of Edinburgh visiting Coastal Command at St. Eval, 1952. Courtesy of British Pathé
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