RAF Carew Cheriton

RAF Carew Cheriton was a World War II Royal Air Force airfield of Coastal and Training Command near Carew Pembrokeshire. It was sited 6 miles north of Tenby. It was built on the site of RNAS Pembroke (aka RNAS Milton) from World War I, which had been decommissioned and sold off in the inter war years.

Carew Cheriton was recommissioned in 1938, initially with grass runways. From the early 1940s there were three concrete runways, making the station a Class A airfield. The airfield was used as a support base for the flying boat operations at Pembroke Dock. Operational flying ceased in 1942.

On 15 April 1941 12 airmen were killed in a Luftwaffe air raid which hit the station's sickbay.

In 1942 the base became No.10 Radio School, a training base for aircrew wireless operators. The station closed in 1945.

The airfield is disused, though much remains, and the Control Tower has been restored by the Carew Cheriton Control Tower Group, and can be visited. The control tower is adjacent to the Carew Cheriton Showground.

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