My dad was stationed at St Eval twice on coastal command he was a navigator had fond memories we lived in Bristol & in the late fifties we would visit St Eval during our holidays in Cornwall . Good times Good memories !
I live local and have been fascinated about the military history of RAF St Eval. This was absolutely brilliant. How i would love to be able to walk the old runways nowadays. Sad its all restricted.
My mother served at RAF St Eval during WW2 in 206 sqn Coastal Command. There was a runway collision in 1943 followed by a huge explosion which my mother described to my brother and I as children and can be read about on the St Eval Wikipedia page.
Our family moved to St. Eval in 1956 (Dad was air traffic control). We lived there until 1964, even though operations (Shackletons) had been moved to St. Mawgan in 1957. The disused airfield became our playground, although for a couple of years, the NAAFI was still in the old 'Nissen hut' and on that side of the main road along with the 'Astra' cinema. I've been back a couple of times (from Australia). Videos on my channel.
Hello. During the research for this video I could not define the individual down enough to mention who it was in the video. Out of the 11 american servicemen I found who were affiliated with RAF St Eval and who died, there are a couple of names who I think it may well be. The most likely one is a 1st Lieutenant called Everett E Haskell who died in an aircraft collision at St Eval on the 10th January 1943. I do also believe the 2nd Lieutenant Joseph H Bagley from Virginia was killed in the same accident. There were six [6] american serviceman on the list of deaths though who also died, but the cause of death was given as "Missing in Action", so unless the ceremony was a sandbag burial then I have eliminated them from the research. I hope this helps answer your question.
