RAF St Eval

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RAF St Eval USAAF Station 129
RAF St Eval airfield on 18 July 1942
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces
Location	St Eval, Cornwall
Built	1938 (1938)
In use	1939–1959 (1959)
Elevation AMSL	322 ft / 98 m
Coordinates	50°28′41″N 004°59′58″W / 50.47806°N 4.99944°W / 50.47806; -4.99944
Map
RAF St Eval Location in Cornwall
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 3,000 914 Concrete/Tarmac 00/00 3,600 1,097 Concrete/Tarmac 00/00 0 0 Concrete/Tarmac

Royal Air Force St Eval or RAF St Eval was a Royal Air Force station for the RAF Coastal Command, southwest of Padstow in Cornwall, England, UK. St Eval's primary role was to provide anti-submarine and anti-shipping patrols off the south west coast. Aircraft from the airfield were also used for photographic reconnaissance missions, meteorological flights, convoy patrols, air-sea rescue missions and protection of the airfield from the Luftwaffe.