Airfield of the Week - Harrowbeer

Personnel and aircraft of No 276 Squadron RAF assembled at Harrowbeer. The aircraft are an Avro Anson, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Supermarine Walrus. © IWM (CH 9017)

 

Harrowbeer in Devon was a Second World War airfield used primarily by fighters. The site was also used as a key base for the development of air-sea rescue. ABCT unveiled a memorial marker at the airfield in August 2011. For more information and photographs click here.

 

 

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