St Eval
Airfield
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
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
- Service Numbers: 12026756
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Engineer
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 19th Anti-Submarine Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- 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
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 480th Anti-Submarine Group 1st Anti-Submarine Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chattanooga Choo Choo | The Blasted Event
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Sea Hawk
- Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 19th Anti-Submarine Squadron
- 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)