A tour of the WWII sites of RAF Haverfordwest (1)

Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 6 Jun 2021

- Triple Turret Instructional Building A building with three separate bays for the training of aircrew in aircraft turret gunnery. Now in use as a garage. One of the many ex-RAF wartime buildings here and at the nearby Showground that continue in use with an alternative peacetime role. RAF Haverfordwest Overview: 1941: airfield construction commenced. June 1943: airfield officially opened after protracted delays. Parent to the satellite airfield at Templeton. June 1943 - Jan 1944: occupation (after their transfer from RAF Cranwell) by No. 3 (Coastal) OTU instructing general reconnaissance trainees on (mainly) Vickers Wellingtons. Jan 1944 - Sep 1944: host to the General Reconnaissance Aircraft Preparation Pool that was redesignated No. 4 Refresher Flying Training Unit, staying barely a few months. Jan - June 1945: No. 8 OTU transferred from Dyce, Aberdeen, continuing their role as a training unit in photo reconnaissance flying Mosquitoes and Spitfires. An RAF Aircrew Holding Unit (ACHU) was the last to be based at Haverfordwest. 22 November 1945: RAF airfield closed. Re-opened in 1952 as a civil airport. Image

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