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

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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

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 19th Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 19th Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13046178
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 480th Anti-Submarine Group 1st Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 7022310
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 19th Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 480th Anti-Submarine Group 1st Anti-Submarine Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18041281
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Magic
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron

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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)

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