RAF St Eval

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RAF St Eval USAAF Station 129
St Eval, Cornwall in England
RAF St Eval airfield on 18 July 1942
RAF St Eval Shown within Cornwall Show map of Cornwall RAF St Eval RAF St Eval (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°28′41″N 004°59′58″W / 50.47806°N 4.99944°W / 50.47806; -4.99944
Type	Royal Air Force Station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command RAF Coastal Command
Site history
Built	1938 (1938)
In use	1939 - 1959 (1959)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	98 metres (322 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 06/24 1,750 metres (5,741 ft) Concrete 12/30 1,700 metres (5,577 ft) Concrete 18/36 1,430 metres (4,692 ft) Concrete

Royal Air Force St Eval or RAF St Eval is a former 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.