St Eval

Airfield
Aerial photograph of St Eval airfield looking north west, the technical site with three C-Type hangars is bottom right of the airfield, 8 March 1944. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CT/89/541. English Heritage (RAF Photography). eh-703.jpg RAF_CT_89_541_RS_4020 Aerial photograph of St Eval airfield looking north west, the technical site with three C-Type hangars is bottom right of the airfield, 8 March 1944. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CT/89/541. English Heritage (RAF Photography). Historic England

IWM, English Heritage Collection

Object Number - RAF_CT_89_541_RS_4020 - Aerial photograph of St Eval airfield looking north west, the technical site with three C-Type hangars is bottom right of the airfield, 8 March 1944....

USAAF and US Navy lodger units operated from the base from 1942.

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People

Benjamin Barnard Bromley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 19th Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12026756
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Engineer

William L Dunlap

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 480th Anti-Submarine Group 1st Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 7026677
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Harold E Dyment

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 19th Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Claude M Ferrini

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 19th Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-728367
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Wilfred C Harader

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 480th Anti-Submarine Group 1st Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37233613
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Radio Operator

Aircraft

41-23820

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 480th Anti-Submarine Group 1st Anti-Submarine Squadron

42-29811

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chattanooga Choo Choo | The Blasted Event
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

42-40598

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Sea Hawk
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 19th Anti-Submarine Squadron

42-63779

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Chris Ashworth, Action Stations 5: Military Airfields of the South-West (Cambridge, 1982)

St Eval: Gallery (11 items)

Aerial photograph of St Eval airfield looking east, the technical site with three C-Type hangars is upper right, 12 November 1941. Photograph taken by No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, sortie number RAF/WLA/8. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Object number: RAF_WLA_8_FP_0627 - Aerial photograph of St Eval airfield looking east...

Object number: UPL 17085 - (1) Crew List - B-24D "Sea Hawk" lost with all...

Object number: UPL 18230 - "Sea Hawk" crew in front of the B-17 flown prior...

Object number: UPL 28227 - 482nd Bomb Gp. Det., St. Eval, England. 1 August...

Object number: UPL 28427 - 482nd Bomb Gp. Det., St. Eval, England. 1 August...