RAF St Davids | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Davids, Pembrokeshire in Wales | |||||||||||
Shown within Pembrokeshire
|
|||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°53′10″N 005°12′45″W / 51.88611°N 5.21250°WCoordinates: 51°53′10″N 005°12′45″W / 51.88611°N 5.21250°W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1942 | /3||||||||||
In use | 1943-1958 | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 76 metres (249 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
|
Royal Air Force St Davids or more simply RAF St Davids is a former Royal Air Force station, near the city of St Davids, Wales.
The station was built in 1942/3 during the Second World War and was used by RAF Coastal Command.
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.