IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Withybush Road, HAVERFORDWEST, SA62 4BS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Withybush Road, SA62 4BS by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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A tour of the WWII sites of RAF Haverfordwest (1)
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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.
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Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 6 Jun 2021
0.09 miles
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Meadowland
A few giant bales of hay had rolled down the field into the river valley behind. This is where they'll stay!
Image: © Deborah Tilley
Taken: 16 Jan 2009
0.13 miles
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Pembrokeshire County Show Sign, near Haverfordwest
Sign by the road advertising the Pembrokeshire County Show held in mid August at the County Showground near Haverfordwest Aerodrome.
Image: © Martyn Harries
Taken: 14 Sep 2012
0.18 miles