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Dunkeswell Aerodrome (ICAO: EGTU) is an airfield in East Devon, England. It is located approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) north of the town of Honiton and 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) northeast [1] of Exeter. It is a busy civilian airfield with a mix of light aircraft, microlights and parachuting.
NAF Upottery was a satellite field to NAF Dunkeswell, Devon, England and it was returned to RAF control on 31 July 1945. The two squadrons were: VPB-107: This squadron was deployed at NAF Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil until being ordered to redeploy to NAF Upottery and being assigned to Fleet Air Wing Seven (FAW-7). While operating from ...
Fleet Air Wing 7 (FAW-7) was established as Patrol Wing Support Force at NAF Argentia, Newfoundland on 1 March 1941. It was redesignated Patrol Wing 7 there on 1 July 1941. On 15 December 1941 it relocated to NAF Keflavik, Iceland and then to NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island on 20 February 1942. On 15 May it relocated back to NAF Argentina where ...
The 479th AG moved to RAF Dunkeswell in Devon during early August 1943 and ended operations in October 1943 after the aerial antisubmarine mission was turned over to the United States Navy. B-24s reassigned to Navy Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-103, Fleet Air Wing 7 at Dunkeswell and were redesignated as PB4Ys.
24 September – 6 November 1943: The 19th USAAF squadron departed Dunkeswell to join the 8th Air Force, followed by the 22nd USAAF on 28 September. Three Navy patrol squadrons (VBs 103, 110 and 105) took over the ASW role previously assumed by the USAAF in England. The USAAF squadrons were phased out and their equipment, similar to that on the ...
Established as Patrol Wing Support Force on 1 Mar 1941. Redesignated Patrol Wing 7 on 1 Jul 1941. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 7 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 4 Aug 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 7. Fleet Air Wing 8(1st) Established as Patrol Wing 8 on 8 Jul 1941. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 8 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 3 Jul 1946 as Fleet Air ...
The USAAF flew its last ASW mission from RAF Dunkeswell on 31 October 1943 and the 4th USAAF squadron departed on 6 November. VB-110 moved aboard RAF Dunkeswell on 30 October 1943. The three squadrons at RAF Dunkeswell came to be known by several names over the next year: Dunkeswell Air Group, Land Plane Air Group and finally to Patrol Air ...
Flight training commenced on 5 November with the arrival of the squadron's first PB4Y-1. After shakedown, 12 aircraft were ferried to FAW-7, RAF Dunkeswell, England. On 28 December one of the ferry crews of 12 personnel aboard were killed in a crash at RAF St Mawgan, England. The war-weary Liberator that crashed was being brought back to the U ...