RAF Talbenny
RAF Talbenny
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| Talbenny, Pembrokeshire in Wales | |||||||||||
 RAF Talbenny
Shown within Pembrokeshire
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| Coordinates | 51°45′23″N 005°08′30″W / 51.75639°N 5.14167°WCoordinates: 51°45′23″N 005°08′30″W / 51.75639°N 5.14167°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
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| Built | 1941/2 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1942-1946 | ||||||||||
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| Elevation | 70 metres (230 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Talbenny or more simply RAF Talbenny is a former Royal Air Force Royal Air Force station located 5.6 miles (9.0 km) north east of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) south west of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
It was operational between May 1942 to December 1946. It is also where local celebrity and acclaimed race driver Giz Martin had his first driving lesson, leading to his first crash.
The following units were here at some point:
On 29 January 1943, Brigadier Vivian Dykes, Director of Plans at the War Office between 1939 and 1941 and the Chief Combined Secretary British Joint Staff Mission Washington in 1942, along with 10 others, died on approach to RAF Talbenny on a flight from Casablanca.
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