RAF St Davids

RAF St Davids
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		Military
Owner		Air Ministry
Operator		Royal Air Force
Serves		Sola
Location		Pembrokeshire, Wales
Built		1943 (1943)
In use		1943-1958 (1958)
Elevation AMSL		250 ft / 76 m
Coordinates		51°53′10″N 005°12′45″W
Map
Location in Wales
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
08/26	5,910	1,802	Asphalt
13/31	3,570	1,088	Asphalt
04/22	3,200	976	Asphalt

Royal Air Force Station St Davids or more simply RAF St Davids is a former Royal Air Force station, near the city of St Davids, Wales.

Beginnings

The station was built in 1940 during the Second World War and was used by RAF Coastal Command.

Squadrons

Sqn	Aircraft	Posted from	Posted to	From > To	Notes
53	Consolidated Liberator VIII & VI	1 June 1945	17 September 1945	RAF Reykjavik > RAF Merryfield	Squadron move.
58	Handley Page Halifax II	6 December 1943	1 September 1944	RAF Holmsley South > RAF Stornoway	Squadron move.
220	Consolidated Liberator VI & VIII	1 June 1945	22 September 1945	RAF Lagens > RAF Waterbeach	Squadron move.
502	Handley Page Halifax II	10 December 1943	14 September 1944	RAF Holmsley South > RAF Stornoway	Squadron move.
517	Handley Page Hampden Handley Page Halifax V Boeing Fortress F	25 November 1943	1 February 1944	RAF St Eval > RAF Brawdy	Squadron move. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircraft attached.

After the Second World War the airfield was further used by Airwork Services Ltd until 1958 and the RAF Tactical Weapons Unit used one runway from 1974 - 1992 then parts of the airfield were finally sold off by the government in the mid-nineties.

References

Bibliography

• Jefford, C G MBE,BA,RAF (Retd). (2001). R.A.F Squadrons, A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.