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St. Eval

Major
Also known as: RAF St. Eval / St. Eval Aerodrome / St. Eval Kart Circuit / USAAF Station 129
County: Cornwall
Current Status: Housing / Industry / Leisure activity / 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
001IWM (HU 92963).jpg

Aerial view of St Eval, 18 July 1942. © IWM (HU 92963)

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A kart track at St. Eval, to the north-west of the site, 2 September 2005.

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Standby Set House at St. Eval, 4 March 2009. © Richard Flagg

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A Squash Court at St. Eval, 4 March 2009. © Richard Flagg

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Unknown building at St. Eval, 4 March 2009. © Richard Flagg

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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

Decoy Airfield(s):

ColanTregonetha DownTrelow Down

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