St. Mawgan (including Trebelzue) (Newquay Cornwall)
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"If ever there is a case of snatching victory out of the jaws of defeat, St Mawgan symbolises this as the original Trebelzue Airfield proved a disaster due to crosswinds and too short runways, requiring land further to the east to be requisitioned and so create a brand new airfield. Trebelzue however proved not a complete waste of time as it became a dispersal area thereafter.
"| Also known as: | Cornwall Airport Newquay / Mawgan / Newquay / Newquay Cornwall Airport / RAF St. Mawgan / RAF Station, St. Mawgan / RAF Trebelzue / Trebelzue Aerodrome / Trebelzue Big Field / USAAF Station 512 |
| County: | Cornwall |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened 1935 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / Civil |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Coffee Republic
- Colan Parish Council
- Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre
- Cornwall Council
- Newquay Library
- Newquay Town Council
- St. Columb Major Town Council
- St. Mawgan-in-Pydar Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 AACU ‘O’ Flight
- No 1 Air Traffic School
- No 2 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit
- No 7 Sqn
- No 10 Sqn
- No 16 FU
- No 22 Sqn
- No 42 Sqn
- No 201 Sqn
- No 206 Sqn
- No 217 Sqn
- No 220 Sqn
- No 228 Sqn
- No 236 OCU
- No 264 Sqn
- No 282 Sqn
- No 400 Sqn
- No 505 Sqn RAuxAF
- No 626 GS
- No 626 VGS
- No 744 Sqn
- No 814 Sqn
- No 1360 Flight
- No 1529 BAT Flight
- No 1552 RAT Flight No 3 Section
- No 1602 (AAC) Flight
- No 1604 (AAC) Flight
- No 2625 Sqn RAuxAF Regiment
- No 2761 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Air Anglia
- Air-Sea Warfare Development Unit
- Air Southwest
- Armament Synthetic Development Unit
- bmibaby
- Brymon Airways
- Coastal Command Aircraft Preparation & Modification Flight
- Coastal Command Modification Centre
- Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust
- Defence Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract (SERE) Training Organisation (DSTO)
- Fingland’s Airways
- Flybe
- Isles of Scilly Skybus
- Maritime OTU
- Mawgan Vale GC
- Mk.X AI Conversion Flight
- National Aviation Day Ltd
- National Aviation Displays Ltd
- Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit
- Plymouth and Cornwall Wing Air Cadets Organisation HQ
- Provincial Airways
- School of Maritime Reconnaissance/No 1 Maritime Reconnaissance School
- Sea King OCU
- Sea King Operational Evaluation Unit
- Sea King Training Unit
- Starways
- Traffic Control School
- Western Airways
Standby Set House at Trebelzue, 2 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
The control tower and airfield operations building, 3 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
The control tower and airfield operations building, 3 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
The control tower and airfield operations building, 3 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
The control tower and airfield operations building, 3 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
The control tower and airfield operations building, 3 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
A hangar at St. Mawgan, 15 August 2013.
A water tower at St. Mawgan, 15 August 2013.
An Airbus A321-231 at St Merryn, 27 March 2018. © Richard Flagg
The last Avro Lancaster in RAF service at St. Mawgan, 1956. Courtesy of British Pathé
Avro Shackleton and its crew at St. Mawgan, 1957. Courtesy of svsfilm
Queen Elizabeth II's visit to St. Mawgan, believed to be 1964. Courtesy of svsfilm
Coastal Command at St. Mawgan, 1969. Courtesy of British Pathé
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