Dunkeswell Air Centre
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Dunkeswell Air Centre by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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Dunkeswell Air Centre
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 20 Mar 2011
A friendly welcome awaits visiting pilots or public. The centre is situated on the old wartime airfield, which was originally planned in 1943 to station Fighter Command, then Coastal Command, but was eventually used by American forces. The 479th Anti Submarine Group were first to fly from here, but the current buildings are well-decorated by paintings and pictures of the Liberators based here in the later stages of the war.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.864419
Longitude
-3.226949