RAF Talbenny

RAF Talbenny
Talbenny, Pembrokeshire in Wales
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Coordinates	51°45′23″N 005°08′30″W / 51.75639°N 5.14167°W / 51.75639; -5.14167
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Coastal Command 1942-1943 * No. 19 Group RAF RAF Transport Command 1943-1946 * No. 44 Group RAF RAF Fighter Command 1946
Condition	Disused
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)-1942
In use	1942-1946 (1946) (Royal Air Force)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Garrison information
Occupants	1944 Officers - 153 (8 WAAF) Other Ranks - 2,619 (308 WAAF)[1]
Airfield information
Elevation	70 metres (230 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 03/21 1,463 metres (4,800 ft) Concrete and Asphalt concrete[1] 35/17 1,006 metres (3,301 ft) Concrete and Asphalt concrete 27/09 914 metres (2,999 ft) Concrete and Asphalt concrete

Royal Air Force Talbenny, or more simply RAF Talbenny, is a former Royal Air Force station located 5.6 miles (9.0 km) north west of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) south west of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Situated around 3 miles (5 km) from RAF Dale, its satellite airfield, on an escarpment overlooking St Brides Bay,^[2] it was operational from 1 May 1942, to 15 December 1946, having been under Coastal Command, Transport Command and Fighter Command of the Royal Air Force.^[3]

RAF Talbenny opened as a No. 19 Group RAF, RAF Coastal Command station,^[4] and was immediately put to use as an operational air base for squadrons undertaking anti-submarine maritime patrols, focusing around the Bay of Biscay.^[5]