RAF Coastal Command * No. 19 Group RAF Fleet Air Arm[1]
Condition
Closed
Site history
Built
1943 (1943)/44
In use
1944–1946 and 1974–1992 (RAF)
1946–1971 (FAA)
Fate
Transferred to British Army in 1995 to become Cawdor Barracks.
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Identifiers
ICAO: EGDA, WMO: 03603
Elevation
107 metres (351 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
02/20
2,321 metres (7,615 ft) Asphalt
15/33
1,950 metres (6,398 ft) Asphalt
Note
Airfield no longer in use.
A view of the former Airbase at Brawdy in 2009
Royal Air Force Brawdy, or more simply RAF Brawdy, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) east of St Davids, Pembrokeshire and 9.8 miles (15.8 km) south west of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was operational between 1944 and 1992; it was used by the Royal Air Force (1944–1946 and 1971–1992) and the Royal Navy (1946–1971), before the site was turned over to the British Army and renamed Cawdor Barracks.
The village of Brawdy is adjacent to the south-east of the airfield, which lies one mile inland from the north-east shores of St. Bride's Bay and seven miles east south east of St David's Head. Haverfordwest lies seven miles (11 km) south-east. Notable landmarks are St. David's peninsula, with the city of St. Davids and its cathedral, along with Ramsey Island.[2]
^ abFalconer 2012, p. 57.
^Cite error: The named reference Royal Navy Research Archive - Brawdy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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